Pat Harper

Attendance counts: Absence, long known to make the heart grow fonder, also can make the workload grow larger. A case in point is the recent meeting of the I-80 Corridor...

How many shopping days? Christmas is coming early for Lynne Lichtenauer of New Lenox and her co-workers at Cornerstone Services Inc. Planning for the Festival of Trees, which displays uniquely...

The Plan Commission this week approved the design of a planned school and park site in the Laraway Ridge subdivision. The school and park site will be built on land...

The Lincoln-Way high school district will start expansion preparations in the next school year, said school officials during a discussion of goals on Thursday. Other goals include continued fiscal responsibility,...

The $17 million fiscal 1998 budget was approved by the New Lenox Village Board this week includes money for construction projects and new staff positions. The construction projects, especially water...

Three new alternatives to the controversial proposed southward extension of Interstate Highway 355 were unveiled Wednesday night by an Illinois State Toll Highway Authority planner. Lidia Pilecky said the three...

Village officials in New Lenox gave preliminary approval Tuesday night to a series of ordinances that would hike the cost of growth for developers. The proposal are aimed at continuing...

Fighting child abuse on three fronts is the goal of a program that began recently in the early childhood classes at Dorn Primary School. CARES, or Communities Achieving Respect, Esteem...

Those fresh coats of paint on manhole covers in New Lenox aren't just spring cleaning. Paintbrush-wielding public works employees have fanned out through the village marking "upwards of 3,000 structures,"...

The Village Board this week approved three business development plans. A $2.5 million industrial revenue bond issue approved by trustees Tuesday will enable Metropolitan Industries, a manufacturer of water pumps,...