Pat Harper

The New Lenox Elementary District 122 Board of Education has bought land to expand the school district's transportation center. The school board voted to buy property at 1066 Industry Drive...

Trustees in New Lenox are expected to decide Tuesday whether to accept one of two bids submitted for development work on the New Lenox Commons or go back to square...

Rainy weather has cut play at the Park District's Sanctuary Golf Course, but revenues are up, golf course manager Peter Sinnott told park commissioners last week. Rounds of golf played...

The New Lenox Village Board on Tuesday accepted a plan to guide development at the proposed intersection of Interstate Highways 355 and 80. The plan, which grew out of a...

A cable television executive questioned by the Village Board this week said rising prices reflect the cost of upgrades to Mokena's cable system. Cable rates have gone up 5 percent...

New Lenox plan commissioners this week confirmed the end of a long-running legal battle when they recommended approving plans for the final phases of the Wildwood Club Estates subdivision. Development...

A new building is slated to replace a burned-out laundermat in downtown Mokena--and not all of the neighbors are happy. The Village Board on Monday approved the construction of a...

Enrollment is continuing to grow in Mokena Elementary School District 159, the School Board learned recently. Kindergarten enrollment for the 2000-01 school year is 215 children, , up from 189...

Chicago's cows may be gone, but the life-size bovines are reappearing the suburbs. Three fiberglass beauties, one sporting a "sold" sign, are watching over U.S. Highway 30 in New Lenox...

Mokena's traditional 4th of July celebration has long included a morning parade and a nighttime burst of fireworks, but this year's expanded celebration can keep revelers busy all day. The...