Pat Harper

Attention spring cleaners!: The Oak Lawn Park District is looking for a few good chairs--or couches, tables, lamps or any other piece of furniture, for that matter. Castoffs could be...

An architect's proposal for a mixture of residential and commercial use on the northeast corner of Romeoville Road and Weber Road was outlined for the Romeoville Village Board at a...

Some curriculum additions are being proposed in Mokena Elementary School District 159, Supt. Roger Reardon told the school board this week. Kindergartners are being tested for placement in a proposed...

About 30 homeowners, most from the Creekview subdivision, brought their questions about plans to expand wastewater treatment facilities to the Planning and Zoning Board Thursday night. Concerns centered on how...

A century-old village landmark is almost history, but a part of it will be saved for posterity. As drivers who travel U.S. Highway 30 through New Lenox know, the railroad...

A motion to rescind a salary increase for the New Lenox Village Board was defeated this week. At issue was an increase in the payments that trustees and the mayor...

Two annexation agreements have been stalled by concerns about improving Nelson Road south of Laraway Road. The developer of Windermere Lakes wants to share the roadway costs with the developer...

Two new committees will be working to guide growth in Mokena. Mayor Robert Chiszar on Monday announced the formation of a Concept Plan Review Committee and a Zoning Ordinance Review...

The Village Board voted recently to grant a five-year tax abatement to a corporation moving from a neighboring town. Trustees last week approved a 50 percent tax abatement for the...

A look at possible boundaries for a "three-high-school scenario" should be ready for the school board soon, the chairman of the boundary committee has told the Lincoln-Way High School Board....