Could this be the culprit? Spotted in the Co-ops west of Western Avenue last weekend. (Photo: Rosemary Piser) Be careful driving down Orchard Drive.  Watch for deer crossing the road in broad daylight. For the second time in a week, I have seen a big doe walk across the street[Read More…]

eNews Park Forest is hosting a technology night at the Park Forest Library Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Ever wonder how to create a blog entry on eNews Park Forest? Do you want to get more involved commenting on stories? Perhaps you’d like to be[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar One of the most famous and compelling Fourth of July speeches in American history was no flag-waving paean to the glories of Old Glory — it was instead a searing judgment on the nation’s failure to[Read More…]

A recent report shows Park Forest water meets or exceeds all federal and state standards. (Graphic: VOPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– According to a report recently issued by the Park Forest Department of Public works, village water meets or surpasses every federal and state standard. The 2008 Water Report lists the[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police quickly caught up with a Richton Park man early Saturday morning who left a house in Park Forest after he allegedly threatened a family member with a knife. Police were dispatched to the 300 block of New Salem shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 5,[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]

`Do you have love in your culture?’ by Dahr Jamail (Note to readers-this is an expanded piece about the same topic, with much more information, than that published in French for LMD on 3 July 2008) Muhammad Omer and I jointly received the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism in London[Read More…]

Radiotherapy for breast cancer can be a bit of an ordeal. For me, the worst moment after being told I had cancer was being told I would need chemotherapy and radiotherapy as treatment to fight the disease. Having been there I know its shocking and I felt I just simply[Read More…]

Cast members for Babes in Arms, coming to the Illinois Theatre Center in July. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Illinois Theatre Center announced their Summerfest musical, BABES IN ARMS, the 1937 hit with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Summerfest features a mix of professional performers,[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Dahr Jamail SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 3 (IPS) – U.S. journalist Zoriah Miller says he was censored by the U.S. military in the Iraqi city of Fallujah after photographing Marines who died in a suicide bombing. On Jun. 26, a suicide bomber attacked a city council meeting[Read More…]