Pat Harper

An Elwood trustee denied Monday night that he and other village trustees had violated the state's Open Meetings Act by discussing the village attorney's employment with other trustees. "It is...

A three-year faculty contract approved recently by the Lincoln-Way High School Board of Education gives the district's 237 teachers an average raise per teacher of 3.4 percent over the life...

Stepping gingerly across a tightrope or clinging fiercely to a cargo net 35 feet above ground, peer mediators from Frankfort Junior High School confronted down-to-earth questions of teamwork and trust....

Residents can expect a break on summer water bills under a plan proposed this week by Finance Director Mary Britton. A cap on sewer charges imposed in June, July and...

Enlarging two schools will be cheaper than building a third, a financing subcommittee studying Lincoln-Way High School expansion was told Thursday night. Supt. Lawrence Wyllie said the basic cost or...

Village officials will try again to gain grant money to jump-start the New Lenox Commons Plan. Rod Zenner of the Planning Department said Tuesday that the village again would submit...

A special graduation gift transformed Tomomi Sawada from a T-shirt-clad student into a graceful Japanese maiden. Sawada's mother, Keiko Sawada, and her sister, Mikako Sawada, journeyed from Japan to celebrate...

Avoiding U.S. Highway 30 is the best travel tip for drivers going through New Lenox on Thursday. Construction workers replacing the railroad crossing bridge that spans the highway just east...

Mokena trustees voted Tuesday night to annex land west of Wolf Road and rezone it to permit the construction of a neighborhood medical center. Alan Zordan, development director, said the...

A series of community meetings will be held in August and September before the Lincoln-Way High school board chooses a direction for expanding the growing school district, Supt. Lawrence Wyllie...