Pat Harper

Annexation of land at Wolf Road and U.S. Highway 30 could bring some national retailers to Mokena, officials said. "We're negotiating with both Target and Kohl's," Mayor Robert Chiszar said...

Ever since the Schmuhl School stopped traffic as it was moved across the street last month, the vintage one-room schoolhouse has awaited the next step in its transformation to a...

A lower than expected construction bid means New Lenox's new library will get some upgrades, a library official said recently. After studying the bids that came in last month, the...

Creating a pedestrian-friendly New Lenox Commons will require some tinkering with the town's building regulations, the Zoning Board of Appeals learned last week. The pedestrian-oriented atmosphere envisioned for the proposed...

New Lenox Township's planned senior citizen apartment complex should be ready for occupancy in about a year and a half, Township Supervisor Guy Sell said last week. Architects drawing the...

A tract of land just north of the Lincoln-Way High School East Campus could become an unusual laboratory for students of science and agriculture. Supt. Lawrence Wyllie said recently he...

A tract of land just north of the Lincoln-Way High School East Campus could become an unusual laboratory for students of science and agriculture. Supt. Lawrence Wyllie said recently he...

Relay racers running and walking around the Lincoln-Way High School football field this weekend will be literally running for life. The Will County Relay for Life, now in its fourth...

Four Mokena teens participated in the first Governor's Teen Summit in Springfield recently. Katie Boyne, 15, Alex Mayer, 15, Brandon Windham, 16, and Robert Konrath, 15, all students at Lincoln-Way...

A landowner's plan to build a sports complex at Parker Road and U.S. Highway 6 puts a business use too close to homes and churches, the New Lenox Plan Commission...