Pat Harper

Former Lockport Mayor Richard Dystrup was preaching to the converted last week when he asked New Lenox trustees to support an organization that favors the proposed extension of Interstate Highway...

The village recently approved a tax levy increase without raising residents' tax rates. The $861,519 levy, which is calculated in 1997 and collected in 1998, is $87,668 higher than the...

Warm feelings aren't enough to ward off cold weather. So science teachers and students at Lincoln-Way High School have rounded up boxes of warm clothing again this year to donate...

Romeoville's Village Board recently granted a tax abatement to the developer of a planned industrial center in exchange for improvements to Schmidt and Naperville Roads. The agreement allows Duke Realty,...

Designating a historic district in the center of New Lenox would help preserve the town's period homes, but it could also restrict homeowners' maintenance and renovation options, according to village...

Plan commissioners have voted to recommend approval of the Hidden Valley subdivision, with 95 homes and a park site near Delaney Road.

Designating a historic district in the center of New Lenox would help preserve the town's period homes, but it could also restrict homeowners' maintenance and renovation options, according to village...

Growth in Romeoville is allowing village officials to boost the tax levy without raising homeowners' rates. The Village Board voted Wednesday night to approve a $3.2 million tax levy, an...

New Lenox officials said Tuesday night they will seek proposals from traffic consultants for a corridor study of Cedar Road between U.S. Highway 6 and Laraway Road. A consultant is...

The trifle was a hit, but the plum pudding took some getting used to when some Frankfort Junior High Schools students staged their own Victorian Christmas feast Monday. As they...