Pat Harper

Enrollment in Mokena Elementary School District 159 has exceeded predictions. Students in kindergarten through 8th grade at Mokena Elementary School and Mokena Junior High School totaled 2,215, surpassing the projected...

Enrollment in Lincoln-Way area schools is increasing faster than expected. Lincoln-Way High School Assistant Supt. Joe Davis, who recently surveyed enrollment patterns in New Lenox, Frankfort, Frankfort Square, Manhattan and...

The New Lenox Park District this week kicked off its "blue ribbon" campaign for yes votes to finance a recreation center. The blue ribbons that will be found throughout the...

Park commissioners Tuesday refused to pay a proposed percentage of the New Lenox Commons development cost and calculated their own price tag for a project village officials have said will...

The teens' jeans and sweatshirts, jackets and gym shoes are the same, but the accents are different. Twenty German students newly arrived at Lincoln-Way High School from Hamburg blended right...

A child care center in the LaGrange Ridge Business Park was approved by the Mokena Village Board Monday. Dr. Jalal and Miriam Jato plan to build a two-story child care...

Ten high school marching bands warmed up the pre-winter chill with colorful flags and spirited music Sunday. The grounds of the Lincoln-Way High School east campus were filled with Chicago...

Spending money to improve traffic flow on Cedar Road will maintain the status quo but will not improve the flow dramatically, a consultant told the New Lenox Plan Commission Monday....

The Lincoln-Way High School Board of Education made it official last week, accepting the results of a student vote choosing a new mascot and student colors for the east campus...

Scottish music and culture take center stage at the MIDLOTHIAN SCOTTISH FAIR Saturday. Scottish Highland dancers and Irish dancers will perform, and vendors will be selling Celtic artifacts, including toys,...