Pat Harper

Five new activities were added at Lincoln-Way High School during the 1999-2000 school year, according to a year-end report presented recently to the school board. The new activities involve students...

New students keep pouring into New Lenox Elementary School District 122, where a building program to keep pace with growth is under way, the School Board learned last week. At...

After more than two years of scrutiny, Cedar Road doesn't need more study, New Lenox village officials told a consultant last week. Cedar Road, the village's main north-south thoroughfare, has...

Mokena may not be able to apply new housing regulations to a subdivision already under construction in the village, the Zoning Board of Appeals said recently. Board members reviewing a...

Amber Baker of New Lenox "just wanted to start dancing" when she signed up for ballet lessons about four years ago. What started as a whim quickly became a passion,...

Two state grants and a new acquisition policy will help the cash-strapped New Lenox Park District develop neighborhood parks faster. Park Board President Robert McKenna last week that the district...

Visitors to This Olde Housewalk Sunday can turn back time to an era of formal gardens, wide porches and vintage woodwork. The Cathedral Area Preservation Association's annual house walk, which...

A special zoning district may be the best way to create and maintain a unique atmosphere in the New Lenox Commons, trustees agreed this week. The area south of U.S....

A foundation filled with rainwater is causing a noisy controversy on quiet Gum Street in New Lenox. Neighbors who fear flooded basements and lakelike yards if a house is built...

Mokena trustees this week explored revenue-raising options to pay for numerous road projects. Projects requiring quick action include improving 191st Street and La Porte Road and renovating the downtown business...