Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The South Suburban Earth Science Club (SSESC) will hold its annual Silent Auction on Sunday, February 10th, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Freedom Hall. The auction provides a good opportunity to meet club members, ask questions and purchase items at a great price. Donated items for the[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Police are looking for two men suspected of trespassing a residence in the 100 block of Blackhawk Street on January 9. A resident reported that he was watching television when a Hispanic male knocked on his door. The man was described as being in his late 20s,[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[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Park Forest’s Building Department will begin their annual street-by-street drive-by exterior property inspections this week, with a special emphasis on readable house numerals.  These annual inspections promote compliance with the village’s building, housing and development codes, said Larrie Kerestes, the village’s Director of Community Development.  The stress[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– We appreciate your understanding during Apache server upgrades at eNews Park Forest. Our host began an upgrade this week across all of their servers. Ordinarily this would not be a problem, but, for those of you who might be technically inclined, this upgrade entailed moving from PHP[Read More…]

Dawn Robinson swears in Sheila McGann as Village Clerk. (Photo: VOPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Village of Park Forest has a new Village Clerk. Sheila McGann, an 11 year resident of the area, has been appointed to replace outgoing clerk Dawn Robinson, who steps down after two years of service.[Read More…]

Hello: For February, we plan to decorate the classroom of the 1950s Park Forest House Museum for a 1950s Valentine’s Day party.  If any of you have memories of parties from your childhood, add them to the blog on eNews, but also consider sending stories to us at [email protected] so[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Let’s start the New Year with good news: With all of our challenges and flaws, the United States begins 2008 as the world’s boldest and most successful experiment in religious freedom. Where else do citizens of[Read More…]

Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)– Many Americans resolve to lose extra pounds every New Year, but Better Business Bureau is warning consumers that the number of complaints to BBB against weight-loss services and their various policies, procedures and products has increased by more than 40 percent since 2002, and many weight-loss schemes[Read More…]

Inter Press Service By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* BAGHDAD, Jan 7 (IPS) – The recent killing of two U.S. soldiers by their Iraqi colleague has raised disturbing questions about U.S. military relations with the Iraqis they work with. On Dec. 26, an Iraqi soldier opened fire on U.S. soldiers[Read More…]