Pat Harper

A parent council to enhance home-school communication at Lincoln-Way High School will be formed this school year. The 17-member council would consist of two parents from each community in the...

Upgrading roads on the edges of New Lenox is one way to avoid traffic jams in the growing village, consultants told officials last week. Widening portions of Schoolhouse Road on...

Tollway officials are considering additional possible routes for a proposed south suburban tollway extension, an Illinois State Toll Highway Authority planner told a regional planning council Wednesday. Reporting on a...

A short-term flood-relief plan for the Aerohaven subdivision received Village Board approval Tuesday. Trustees agreed to spend $21,600 to slow the storm water that flows across Gear Drive from the...

An electrical power substation that opened in late July is expected to prevent the power outages that have plagued sections of Orland Park, Mokena and Frankfort over the last two...

A national drug store chain has won the first round in a David-and-Goliath struggle with a local pharmacist who wants to keep the large-scale competitor away from downtown Mokena. The...

Above-average scores were the average for Mokena School District 159 students taking statewide tests last year, Supt. Roger Reardon said Wednesday. In the Illinois Goals Assessment Program that tests 3rd,...

The New Lenox Village Board approved a $47,500 contract Tuesday with Clark Dietz Inc. for a study of storm-water flow patterns in Aerohaven and surrounding areas. Ron Franciskovich, village engineer,...

An area development plan will not be included in a regional planning council's official guidelines for growth along Interstate Highway 80. The plan fell victim to a deadlocked vote late...

The Illinois Intergenerational Initiative is out to destroy stereotypes of graying grannies and unruly youth. Jane Angelis, director of the initiative, said the key is to bring members of the...