Dennis Sullivan

There may be a charter school in Crete-Monee school district's future. Jean Wildermuth, special education director, received approval Monday from Crete-Monee School District 201-U's board to apply for a $5,000...

The three-way contest for Crete Township highway commissioner became a two-way race Monday after independent candidate Steve Mlinarich was disqualified from the April ballot. Mlinarich's petitions lack the necessary 203...

Monee's elementary school on Court Street soon may sport a banner proclaiming it has earned special recognition from the Illinois State Board of Education. Because Monee Elementary School pupils met...

Crete-Monee school officials are looking into reports that four members of the high school wrestling team have ringworm, a contagious skin disease. In the meantime, school employees are scrubbing wrestling...

Village officials have approved a new contract with Joliet attorney Franklin Burkey that makes him responsible for all Steger's legal needs. Trustee Anthony Santori was the sole opponent of the...

For the first time in township history, trustees may decide Wednesday to approve an African-American as township clerk. Eleanor Cole, a security officer at Columbia Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center...

Monee trustees have directed Village Atty. Joseph Perozzi to prepare a proposed ordinance that would establish an impact fee of 35 cents per square foot on commercial structures within the...

The Crete-Monee Board of Education hopes to raise a little more than $17 million through its 1996 tax levy. But predicting how much of that money the school district actually...

For Steger, 1996 offered a year of centennial celebrations many residents will long remember. Steger residents recalled their roots by creating a commemorative patchwork quilt, publishing a pictorial history book...

Under their newly acquired home rule powers, village trustees could have increased their tax levy by nearly 24 percent. Instead, Village Board members have approved an ordinance containing language that...