Pat Harper

The first task facing student mayors Benjamin Bradbury of Mokena Junior High School and Lauren O'Keefe of St. Mary School was to make their jobs official by proclaiming Student Government...

Eighth graders from Mokena Junior High School and St. Mary School Monday will take over local government on Mokena's 9th annual Student Government Day. The young people elected by their...

The $20 million first installment of Lincoln-Way High School's expansion bond issue fetched an interest rate of less than 6 percent, the School Board learned last week. Bond consultant Dean...

Fearing possible dangers from increased traffic and higher crime rates, residents of Honeytree subdivision have asked the Romeoville Village Board to block a developer's proposal for a warehouse business near...

The Will County Land Use Department will collect old tires for recycling Saturday at the department's headquarters in Joliet. The tire collection is part of the department's Earth Day and...

Preliminary results of a special census indicate the village's population has increased by more than 2,000, and the village stands to gain as much as $200,000 in state revenues, Mayor...

New Lenox does not have adult-oriented businesses such as dance clubs and lingerie shows, but officials are considering an ordinance regulating them just in case. Carrie Hansen, the village's planning...

The Village Board has approved $9 million worth of industrial revenue bonds to finance the overhaul and upgrading of a local business. Delta Concrete requested the bond issue to finance...

Six years after the groundbreaking, Shepherd's House opened its doors shortly before Easter to its first expectant single mother. "We're finally doing what we are here to do," said Marilyn...

Fearing possible dangers from increased traffic and higher crime rates, residents of Honeytree subdivision asked the Village Board this week to block a developer's proposal for a warehouse business near...