Pat Harper

The last few weeks of summer will be marked by back-to-school preparations at Lincoln-Way High School, where the staff is gearing up to welcome new and returning students. A special...

Three pending annexations on the west side of the village would bring Romeo Shores, site of a proposed 18-hole golf course, within Romeoville's boundaries. The three annexations recently discussed at...

Reading the Bible and news accounts, Mike Gibbons of New Lenox was struck with the need to help single women through crisis pregnancies. The biblical exhortation, "Build for me a...

A boundary agreement between Mokena and Orland Park will help quicken the pace of development in the Interstate Highway 80 corridor, Mokena Mayor Robert Chiszar said this week. The agreement,...

A vote by the Romeoville Village Board on proposed parking regulations has been postponed until the police chief can provide proof of enforcement of an existing parking ordinance and outline...

An intergovernmental agreement with Orland Park was approved by the Mokena Village Board on Monday night that sets Mokena's northern boundary at Interstate Highway 80. The agreement involves 800 acres...

Growth revenues are keeping the Lincoln-Way High School budget in the black and the tax rate down, Supt. Lawrence Wyllie said last week. Although revenues and expenditures are expected to...

A coat of pride: There was positive reinforcement recently for the troops of paintbrush-wielding homeowners lovingly restoring the vintage homes in Joliet's Cathedral neighborhood. The honored blocks feature a variety...

A special census is expected to begin in the fall, Village Manager Jim Smithberg said. Romeoville's population count is expected to reflect an upsurge in residential development. A higher population...

The District 210 Advisory Committee has begun assembling information for its final report to the school board in September, Michael Gardner, principal of Lincoln-Way High School East Campus, told the...