Pat Harper

Growth is keeping the $15 million budget approved by the Tinley Park Village Board in good shape, according to village staffers. "We're in the black," said Deputy Village Clerk Shirley...

Mayor Robert Chiszar has added a committee to deal with neighborhood issues. Chiszar on Monday announced the appointment of Village Clerk Jane McGinn and Trustee Frank Fleischer to the newly...

Recess was a little more exciting this week when kids spilled out of Arbury Hills School to find some new playground equipment to climb on. It may look like the...

Community meetings will follow an architect's report on expansion possibilities at Lincoln-Way High School's East and Central Campuses, Supt. Lawrence Wyllie told residents who attended a breakfast at the school...

A plan to expand Mokena's wastewater treatment plant was outlined recently for the Planning Commission. The village has purchased 23 acres near 187th Street and Wolf Road and wants to...

Foreign aid: Skills developed by Peace Corps volunteers in exotic Third World countries are being put to use in All-American Grundy County. "People are people all over the world," according...

Educator Bobbie Noonan plans to expand her 2-year-old private school in Mokena. Noonan and her husband, Joseph, recently presented the expansion plan to the village's Zoning Board of Appeals. The...

Two Lincoln-Way High School athletes were feted Thursday night for their participation on an honored wheelchair basketball team. Senior Jason Mateski, and junior Matt Minger, both 18, play on a...

A series of ordinances hiking builders' fees was approved by the New Lenox Village Board Tuesday night, despite objections from a builders' representative. Increases in the figure used to calculate...

The waves of flame that swept across a swath of Wheatland Township prairie land earlier this month cleared the way for native grasses, flowering plants and small animal species to...