Pat Harper

Culture shock can be fun. Just ask 16 students from Schule Sportplatzring in Hamburg, Germany, who flew into Chicago this week just in time for an old-fashioned, all-American homecoming week...

Outdoor work for the Lincoln-Way High School expansion project is progressing well, a construction manager told the School Board recently. Ron Price of Henry Brothers Construction said work on the...

Park commissioners in New Lenox have taken another step toward designing a proposed recreation center. A committee consisting of Park Board President Phil Landry and Commissioners Walter Dettmann and Bob...

Happy birthday, and it's official: Slices of birthday cake -- both white and chocolate -- recently were on the New Lenox Village Board's agenda. Village officials took a break from...

Officials are mulling over a proposal to raise salaries for the mayor, village clerk and trustees, and to pay them annually. If a salary increase is approved, it will not...

An open-space proposal that calls for linking greenways throughout the village has been added to the New Lenox comprehensive plan. Trustee Tom Weigel, who this week voted against the addition,...

A New Lenox trustee has cited 1st Amendment rights in denying charges he flouts the village sign ordinance. Trustee Gary Mueller, who is the Democratic candidate for the 11th Congressional...

An intergovernmental agreement approved by the New Lenox Village Board Tuesday night will move forward a long-standing plan for a village green. The agreement among the Village Board, Park Board...

Lincoln-Way High School freshmen will complete this fall an inventory to determine their dominant learning styles. Educational expert Harvey Silver, who has been working with teachers at the New Lenox...

An open-space design that proposes a network of greenways throughout New Lenox is on its way to being part of the village's comprehensive plan. Trustees on Tuesday are expected to...