Pat Harper

Two scholarships for local students were added this week to the traditional funding from the proceeds of the annual Mayor's Golf Outing. Mayor Robert Chiszar announced the institution of two...

The construction workers laboring on the grounds of Cherry Hill School played teacher recently, laying bricks and smoothing concrete with 300-plus hard-hatted kindergartners. The 5- and 6-year-olds' fascination with the...

Donations from the Lincoln-Way High School Foundation accepted recently by the school board include a computerized fitness machine for the physical education department. Athletic director Dennis Michels said the computer,...

A proposed tax on hotels and motels was presented Tuesday night to the Village Board and is expected to be approved next month, even though it will not generate revenue....

A national group searching for successful programs to prevent teen pregnancy is taking a closer look at Aunt Martha's in Park Forest. Aunt Martha's, a private non-profit youth service agency...

The growth that sends about 200 new students a year to Lincoln-Way High School is also boosting the school district's tax base and stabilizing tax rates, school officials said at...

An attorney for Texaco has outlined to the Romeoville Village Board an environmental cleanup at the corporation's nearby refinery property. The company is seeking a special-use permit from Will County...

Trustees have authorized the village's third special census in this decade. An up-to-date census that reflects the village's growth rate could boost New Lenox's share of population-based revenues from the...

Annexation agreements that would allow the Romeo Shores property to be brought within Romeoville's boundaries and developed as a golf course are just about ready to be finalized, according to...

Trustees have authorized the village's third special census in this decade. An up-to-date census that reflects the village's growth rate could boost New Lenox's share of revenues from the state...