Pat Harper

A residential subdivision plan on the west end of New Lenox needs larger lot sizes, trustees said this week. Lakewood Homes, which wants to build 83 single-family homes on 36...

With one building already under construction in the New Lenox Commons, trustees are trying to define a theme for the proposed town center. Development requirements will be outlined in an...

Mokena officials may vote in January to finance village road repairs with a .5 percent sales tax. At a recent work session, village trustees said the sales tax appears the...

The holiday season wouldn't be complete without seeing the story of young Clara's Christmas and her dreamlike journey to a land of make-believe told in "The Nutcracker," where mice go...

Village officials this week said they would support Elementary School District 122's request for state funding assistance to keep the cash-poor schools afloat. The defeat Nov. 7 of the district's...

A vote on whether to try again for a tax increase in New Lenox Elementary School District 122 can be expected next month, School Board President Joe Ballerini said last...

When grandmother's house is too far over the river and through the woods, people can find themselves dining alone on traditionally communal Thanksgiving. But it doesn't have to be that...

Lake Michigan water should be flowing from Mokena's faucets by fall 2002, a village official said recently. Village Administrator John Downs said the village staff will begin drawing up an...

A survey of New Lenox Park District voters will help officials decide whether to try again for a bond issue to build a recreation center. Voters last week defeated the...

With big retail developers eyeing the intersection of U.S. Highway 30 and Wolf Road, village officials in Mokena and Frankfort want to see for themselves what impact development would have...