Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest police arrested a teenage suspect in a residential burglary and attempted residential burglaries in the Thorn Creek subdivision last Thursday. The arrest was considered serious enough for police to issue a Safety Alert reminding residents to lock their doors. Police responded to the first block[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…]

Inter Press Service By Maki al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamail* DAMASCUS, Apr 26 (IPS) – More than a million Iraqis were lucky enough to flee into Syria. But in this relatively safe haven, there is no getting away from poverty. Mohammad Saleem ran a successful supermarket in Baghdad. "I was leading[Read More…]

I would like to comment on the recent police blotter…. A 12-year-old juvenile who ran away from home last week was found by police lying on the ground in the first block of Park Street using two American flags as blankets. The juvenile said he went into Walgreens and asked an[Read More…]

IIT students from the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Chapter, take a break from their work with Habitat for Humanity. From left to right, Saager Patel, Geneva; Tony Smith, Tinley Park; Kevin Franke, Burbank; Brian Lipski, Naperville; Ross Brazzale, Park Forest. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Ross Brazzale, 2006[Read More…]

Blog Commentary  Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown reports that Mayor Dwight Welch of Country Club Hills is facing questions about "$40,000 in campaign expenditures by Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch, most of which Welch originally reported spending to remodel his campaign headquarters." According to Brown: It turns out the headquarters[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director When should it matter what a reporter or a television correspondent looks like or where he or she comes from? The answer to that question is both “never” and “always.” There is an argument made by[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…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A resident on Seneca St. reported to police that she opened the door last week only to be shoved inside her house by a woman who punched her, pulled her hair, and threw bleach on her. Police were dispatched to a residence in the 300 block of[Read More…]