Pat Harper

The Lincoln-Way High School Board honored Thursday night six area residents for work on behalf of the school and its pupils. This year's Extra Effort Awards were presented to Jackie...

Village and township employees are working together to control an expected bumper crop of mosquitoes. Forecasts indicate the wet spring weather was ideal for mosquito breeding. Chris McCollum, streets and...

Fearing a safety hazard, village officials Tuesday ordered two Haven Avenue homeowners to remove landscape timbers shoring up a sloping parkway. Trustees agreed the timbers and a proposed flower bed...

Eliminating the kind of visual clutter that can accompany residential construction is the goal of an ordinance passed by the New Lenox Village Board Tuesday night. The amendment to the...

In a move to boost commercial development, the Mokena Village Board has approved a "business friendly" program to welcome and assist local enterprises. The program, approved Monday, includes a waiver...

Mokena's 1997 budget reflects the village's traditional fiscal conservatism, Village Administrator John Downs told the Village Board Monday night. The $12.8 million budget for the coming fiscal year keeps tax...

The Planning Commission on Thursday night recommended the annexation of two single-family lots in unincorporated Will County. The recent annexation of a neighboring subdivision left the properties surrounded by the...

The campaign to block a proposed link between Interstate Highways 80 and 57 gained village support Tuesday night. Trustees at the New Lenox Village Board meeting said they're willing to...

A Manhattan couple's budget grew by more than $60,000 Friday morning when District Supt. Lawrence Wyllie pulled their ticket from among 1,210 entries in the Lincoln-Way High School Foundation's Dream...

Elementary School District 159 will operate its own program, called Early Start, for at-risk preschoolers in the fall. A resolution approved by the school board Wednesday separates Mokena from the...