Carmen Greco Jr.

Visitors to a revamped Lincoln Mall will be greeted with an indoor-outdoor experience that developers say is becoming the national standard for regional shopping centers. "The idea is to create...

Mayor Steven Landek said Wednesday night that village officials want to build an underpass rather than an overpass at a railroad crossing that causes long traffic delays near the village's...

Village Board members on Tuesday sustained Mayor Mark Stricker's veto of a proposal to hire a public safety director. But Stricker's board opponents said they would reintroduce the proposal because...

If you're downtown, electronic eyes are watching you. Fifteen surveillance cameras recently were mounted on street corners along bustling Oak Park Avenue, most focused on the train station and accompanying...

In March, residents will be asked again to give the city home-rule authority and the ability to raise more revenue through additional taxes. Voters have already rejected home rule twice,...

Redevelopment on the site of a long-vacant Omni retail store is likely to begin this spring after village officials Wednesday approved razing the property. Mayor Steven Landek said the village...

Village President Mark Stricker said Tuesday night that he would veto a Village Board proposal to create and fill a new public safety director position proposed by some board members....

Village officials are moving into the final design stage of an extension and widening of 183rd Street. The major thoroughfare now dead-ends at railroad tracks west of 80th Avenue within...

Mayor Donald Peloquin said he wants to give voters another crack at making Blue Island a home-rule community. Peloquin said the financial stability of the city depends on it. The...

Joliet West High School sophomore Jennifer Becker is feeling a little down this holiday season, knowing it will be the first Christmas without her grandfather, who died of cancer in...