Pat Harper

Park District commissioners were urged Tuesday to begin renting space for its programs to avert a repeat of the summertime crunch in the fall. Recreation supervisor Steve Hayes told commissioners...

A day after tollway officials announced that half of the proposed routes for an extension of Interstate Highway 355 had been scrapped, New Lenox Township officials said Thursday night that...

Last week it was a forest of lumber in a field of mud. By Monday it was the Imagination Station, a multilevel playground full of every kid's favorite landscapes, including...

Village officials said Tuesday night they are gearing up for road repairs that include reconstruction of a section of Nelson Road and patching and resurfacing of other streets. A contract...

Mokena businesses will take turns sharing the television spotlight in a feature introduced by the Village Board on Monday night. Mayor Robert Chiszar said every board meeting will open with...

Mokena roads and commuter parking lots are scheduled for upgrades this summer. The Village Board last week awarded two contracts, one for road maintenance and another for sealing and restriping...

Romeoville homeowners will get some relief from high water bills this summer. The Village Board on Wednesday approved an ordinance capping sewer charges during June, July and August at the...

The New Lenox Plan Commission this week approved the layout of a proposed subdivision on the village's south end. Land for the proposed Windermere Lakes single-family and town home complex...

A High School District 210 volunteer finance subcommittee studying how to handle growing enrollment proposed last week expanding the district's two high schools over building a third school. Subcommittee members...

Staffers at St. Joseph Medical Center's new trauma unit did not have much down time Monday. The unit opened for business at 7 a.m., and the first emergency patient, a...