Learning to identify the various bat species in Illinois was made easier when the students played the "That’s My Bat" memory game. (Photo: ME4E) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– This winter, all 5th graders from Mohawk Intermediate Center, Blackhawk Intermediate Center and the special education students from Forest Trail Middle School are[Read More…]

Chicago Heights , IL—(ENEWSPF)— Why would a school consider mandatory drug testing when its drugs use, according to the University of Michigan ‘s "Monitoring the Future" research, is far less than the national and local averages? Marian Catholic High School is giving strong consideration to drug testing for the entire[Read More…]

Boone, NC (PRWEB) December 19, 2007 — The editors of Scambusters.org have published their annual list of the Top 10 Internet Scams for 2007, and identity theft tops the list for the fourth year running. "It’s important to know who’s been hooked by which crooks so you can better protect[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Americans will have a great new gift in their Christmas stockings — a federal Freedom of Information Act that works. National Newspaper Association President Steve Haynes, publisher of the Oberlin (KS) Herald, announced today that passage of S. 2488, the Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act[Read More…]

Nine in Ten GLBT Owners Consider Pets Part of the Family, Majority Have Bought Their Pets Holiday Gifts ROCHESTER, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Seven out of ten (71%) GLBT adults today say that they own pets, compared with 63 percent of heterosexual adults, according to the results of a new national survey. The[Read More…]

eNews Park Forest published the following Errata, beginning with the most recent: The July 12, 2009 article, Driver in Serious Condition After Train Strikes Car at Western Ave. was originally titled, Driver Escapes Without Major Injuries After Train Strikes Car at Western Ave. The title was originally based on police at[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Park Forest Village Board will meet in Executive Session this evening at 8:00 p.m. for personnel reasons in accordance with Section 2(c)(1) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act, "Employee hiring, firing, compensation, discipline and performance." Both Prairie State College District 515 and School District 162 will[Read More…]

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director As 2007 draws to a close, the meaning and application of a 216-year-old amendment to the U.S. Constitution protecting our basic liberties are issues as contentious as ever. From presidential politics to local classrooms to our[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…]