The SSERT’s Lenco BearCat armored vehicle sustained shotgun damage to the passenger-side window. Police say the shots were fired by Robert Lyons, 67, of Glenwood. (Photo: PFPD) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The South Suburban Emergency Response Team’s [SSERT] armored vehicle shows damage to the passenger-side window of the vehicle after Robert[Read More…]
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Mayor Ostenburg Releases Statement on Area B House Explosion
Mayor John Ostenburg (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Mayor John Ostenburg released a statement regarding the home explosion on Bailey Road: As you may be aware from news reports, an explosion occurred at mid-day Tuesday on Bailey Road in the Birch Street Townhomes Cooperative area of the northeast part of the Village of[Read More…]
Tell School Districts in Illinois To Levy What They Need, And No More
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Are you tired of the annual property tax sticker shock in Illinois. Are you, perhaps, a school board member lamenting incredible budget deficits with the depressed housing market and declining property values nationwide? Do you believe this is a hopeless situation, with our Illinois State House[Read More…]
Heroin and Cocaine Supply Networks, Street Gang Drug and Gun Sales Targeted: State and Federal Charges Against 55 Defendants
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Fifty-five defendants are facing state or federal charges following separate law enforcement operations that penetrated alleged wholesale cocaine and heroin supply networks and street gang-related retail sales of drugs and guns on the city’s south and west sides, the FBI says. Nearly 20 firearms, tens of kilograms of[Read More…]
What If Government Really Ran as a Business?
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg The Outpost Observer A few weeks ago, a resident in my community volunteered that — although local property taxes are high — she thinks residents get a good bang for their buck. It was an unsolicited remark and therefore one that carried extra meaning for[Read More…]
Two More Charged in Shooting Death of 20-year-old Adam Martinez
Corey D. Anderson (Left) and Jabriel W. Anderson (right) (Photos: PFPD) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Police Department announced this week two more arrests in connection with the fatal shooting of Park Forest resident, Adam Martinez. Park Forest Police say the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office approved charges of[Read More…]
Can You Help? Woman Arrested in Connection with Abduction of 5-Year-Old Arizona Boy, Child Still Missing
Phoenix Peraza, age 5. (Photos: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) Update at 9:21 p.m. on 7-31-2010: Park Forest police say that Phoenix is safely in their custody. ENEWSPF spoke with two officers who credit our coverage with helping locate the boy. Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest Police confirm[Read More…]
Where Do We Get the Illusion that Success in Business Means Success in Government?
One thing I’ve learned from my years as a Trustee in Park Forest: government is not a business, nor should it try to be. Government exists for the interests of those governed, to provide for public safety, as well as services deemed essential by those governed. The definition of “essential[Read More…]
Hansel and Kunce Appointed to Dean Positions at PSC
Kim Kunce (left) and Marie Hansel were named deans at PSC. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Two Prairie State College employees were appointed to dean positions at Prairie State College (PSC) after two nationwide searches. Marie Hansel is the new dean of health professions and industrial technology, and Kim Kunce[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Wall Street Reform in Quincy, Illinois
Quincy, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010 – 3:44 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) It’s good to be home. (Applause.) It is good to be back in Quincy! Thank you, everybody. Thank you. It is good to be back in Quincy! (Applause.) We’ve got some special guests here I want to[Read More…]
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