It is the policy of eNews Park Forest to not remove items in the public record from publication.  If your name is listed in the police reports, we will only add information relevant to the final disposition of the case at hand, e.g. "Mr. Smith was subsequently acquitted," or "All[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– White House Conference Center Briefing Room 12:49 P.M. EDT MR. SNOW: Hello. The President this morning had a good meeting with the Iraqi Vice President, Adil Abd Al-Mahdi. Among other things, the Iraqi Vice President noted that the ongoing security plan in Iraq is going, as he said,[Read More…]

Sunshine Week Commentary  America seems to be at the dawn of a golden age of citizen-journalism, that great democratic tradition tracing its historical roots to our founding generation. As the Internet matures and evolves, thousands of activists, enthusiasts and entrepreneurs continue to be empowered to scrutinize the operations of government[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–State board of education members are telling federal lawmakers that changes need to be made to the No Child Left Behind Act this year in meetings today with their congressional delegations on Capitol Hill. The members are in Washington, DC for their annual legislative conference hosted by the National[Read More…]

Sunshine Week Commentary  By Francesca Grifo At a major congressional hearing in January, a prominent NASA climatologist spoke publicly about attempts by agency officials to interfere with his ability to release his research results that described impact of global warming on Antarctica. Sadly, the scientist is not alone. Growing evidence[Read More…]

Sunshine Week Commentary By Benjamin C. Bradlee Access is a mixed blessing. It gives the reporter opportunities to delve deeper and deeper in search of truth, and it gives those who are accessed opportunities to manipulate that truth, a little or a lot or beyond all recognition. Many reporters feel[Read More…]

Photo: Morguefile.com 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 local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]

Commentary By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center Here's one of the best-kept secrets about the Bush presidency: Over the past five years, the U.S. Department of Justice has quietly, but vigorously, enforced civil rights laws designed to protect religious freedom. Now Attorney General Alberto Gonzales wants to get the[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Committee for Non-Partisan Local Government in Park Forest has held four candidates' forums for those running for the office of Village President (Mayor), Village Trustee, and Library Trustee.  The last, held yesterday, March 11, in Park Forest Village Hall, was sponsored by Park Forest FOCUS.  Park[Read More…]