Pat Harper

New Lenox has joined two cooperative ventures as part of a regional push for economic development, village officials said this week. Randall Lowman, economic development director, told the Economic Development...

The Mokena Elementary District 159 School Board this week approved an $8.4 million bond sale to finance construction of a junior high school in the Grasmere subdivision. Although bond counselor...

Buying the New Lenox Library building on Cedar Road may be part of the answer to the Park District's space crunch, commissioners said Tuesday. When the new library is built...

If 8th graders ran the New Lenox village government, there would be more places to go and safer ways to get there. Friday was Student Government Day, an object lesson...

A rapidly growing community like New Lenox does not need to freeze taxes to attract development, business and education leaders have said. A Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district offers businesses...

New Lenox residents who want to see a village-owned park on land earmarked for a town home subdivision are likely to be disappointed. "We are not in the park business,"...

Property owners in New Lenox who don't cut their weeds could be paying higher penalties next year. Warren Rendleman, administrator of the Building Department, said changes proposed for the village...

Property owners in New Lenox who don't cut their weeds could be paying higher penalties next year. Warren Rendleman, administrator of the Building Department, said changes proposed for the village...

A Will County Circuit Court judge has dismissed an Orland Park contractor's lawsuit against Lincoln-Way High School District 210. All counts of the suit filed against the school by Intrastate...

Trustees have accepted a Plan Commission proposal to seek grant funding for a new bicycle path in New Lenox. The village's open space plan sets out "the dream aspect, what...