Pat Harper

New Lenox officials agree the Cedar Road bridge just north of U.S. Highway 30 needs renovation, but they are not convinced a plan submitted this week is the solution. A...

Will County Circuit Judge Herman Haase returned to the courtroom Tuesday after a seven-month absence. Haase, who is recovering from Guillain-Barre syndrome, said he has returned on a part-time basis....

Citing safety concerns, the Romeoville Village Board has amended the zoning code to limit placement of outdoor basketball goals. The change, approved last week, was to prevent portable basketball goals...

Consultants working on a study of the Cedar Road corridor between U.S. Highway 6 and Laraway Road outlined their procedures at a joint work session of the New Lenox Village...

Neighbors' objections have failed to bury a plan to expand St. Mary Cemetery in Mokena. Steve Phister, an attorney for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet, told the Mokena Planning...

In a move aimed at curbing non-election season clutter, the Zoning Board of Appeals last week recommended amending the zoning ordinance to tighten restrictions on political signs. Police Chief Stephen...

Miracle baby: Every birth is a miracle, but Camella Ann Osterman, daughter of Mary and Bill Osterman of Tinley Park, can be considered a little more miraculous than some of...

Emily Corona loved kindergarten so much that she wants to keep the memory--and the Schmuhl School building in New Lenox Township that housed that memory--alive. Emily, 7, has started a...

Trustees decided Wednesday night to postpone action on a proposal to grant a tax abatement that would aid in the development of 80 acres in Romeoville and add infrastructure improvements...

Romeoville trustees are considering a zoning regulation to keep aspiring hoopsters from converting village streets into basketball courts. Some youngsters are moving their portable basketball hoops off their driveways and...