Pat Harper

Community sentiment in New Lenox is going against turning Cedar Road into a four-lane highway, a traffic consultant said Wednesday. At a meeting called to review residents' comments about village...

The Police Department got an infusion of crime-fighting cash when the Village Board authorized a special investigative fund Tuesday. The policy adopted by trustees allocates $300 a month for undercover...

Tucked away in a corner of the Governors State University campus is a flower-bordered courtyard with a message for its visitors. The varied colors and shapes of the wildflowers surrounding...

Opening up the landscape as subdivisions move out from the center of town is the goal of a new comprehensive plan under consideration in New Lenox, a planning consultant told...

Building water lines, pumps and storage for a Lake Michigan water system would cost the village about $7.7 million, a consultant told a Village Board work session Monday night. Consultant...

With enrollment and costs going up and tax rates capped, the tentative 1996-97 budget for School District 159 shows a slight deficit, Supt. Roger Reardon told the School Board Wednesday....

"Control over our destiny" has emerged as the theme of a campaign to inform New Lenox voters about home rule, according to Mayor John Nowakowski. Residents will be asked in...

Members of a regional planning council Wednesday approved development guidelines for six interchanges along Interstate Highway 80, but they may part company next month in a vote on whether to...

A village attorney told Haven Avenue residents Wednesday night that finding a solution to their flooding problems may be complicated because a private company runs the town sewer system. "The...

Developers who want to build in New Lenox should set aside open space and keep density down, plan commissioners said Monday. Commissioners recommended approving the proposed annexation of the 78-acre...