Pat Harper

Orland Park trustees this week approved a plan for a six-home subdivision despite the objection of a neighboring property owner. The proposal for the Ashburn Point subdivision on 153rd Street...

Bid specifications for developing the New Lenox Commons property could be ready for contractors as early as this week, according to Mayor Mike Smith. The commons area south of U.S....

An economic development plan approved recently by New Lenox trustees sets out a timeline for beefing up the town's commercial and industrial development. The five-year plan written by Economic Development...

Foreseeing a financial crunch after voters turned down a request for a tax increase last month, the New Lenox Elementary District 122 Board recently voted down a proposal to add...

With a growing residential tax base and a budget limited by a tax cap, the New Lenox Park District needs alternative revenue sources, a park official said recently. About 92...

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...

Wooded land earmarked for a town home subdivision would be better used as a park, a New Lenox trustee said Tuesday. A developer wants to build town homes on the...

Night life in Mokena is about to get livelier. The Village Board on Monday approved a proposal for a 65,000-square-foot entertainment complex at 19081 Old La Grange Rd. in Hickory...

Orland Park's newly hired assistant village manager will have a familiar face. R.J. Zeder, who held the job from April 1997 until September 1999, when he left to become village...

The Schmuhl School moving date, orignally slated for Tuesday, has been postponed until later this week after some weekend showers. Dry weather is an essential condition for moving a building...