Pat Harper

The Mokena Elementary School District 159 School Board recently approved a $6.1 million tax levy for 1998. The levy is based on an estimated 6 percent estimated increase in equalized...

Heading into Tuesday's election, three local Democrats were convinced that their party could benefit from the stream of newcomers flowing into Chicago's southwest suburbs. But in the end, Gary Mueller,...

The New Lenox Plan Commission on Monday night recommended the development of two pieces of property as planned unit developments. Planned unit developments allow some deviation from subdivision requirements to...

If falling leaves don't send enough of a seasonal signal, travelers can chart the approach of Election Day by counting the political signs along the roadways. While farmers harvest corn...

The New Lenox Village Board this week approved a study of the area surrounding a proposed highway extension. The board is seeking a planning consultant to examine the area on...

A neglected subdivision is about to get some long-needed improvements, Mokena officials said Monday. Trustees voted to draw on a letter of credit to finance projects, such as drainage work,...

In a move similar to refinancing a mortgage, School District 122 will use a $1.2 million state debt-reduction grant to pay off existing bonds and then issue new bonds at...

Lin "Frog" Simmons, 42, has just published a book of poetry, "Looking at Life from a Lily Pad" (Hopper Expeditions, $12). She derives much of her inspiration from the landscape...

Tax rates in the Lincoln-Way High School District will increase slightly in 1999 to pay for the school-expansion referendum proposal adopted this year, the district superintendent said at a news...

The site of New Lenox Township's historic Schmuhl School is about to go on sale. The New Lenox Elementary School District 122 board on Wednesday voted to put the process...