Pat Harper

With deadlines approaching, the Orland Park Lions Club still doesn't have a home for this year's Orland Days festival. Ravinia Avenue is the only feasible site for the 2000 edition...

A vote allowing Orland Park to supply water and sewer service in an unincorporated subdivision was delayed by the Village Board this week. Trustees decided to hold up the vote...

In a move to establish a wooded gateway to the town's commercial core, Orland Park trustees Monday agreed to seek a state open lands grant. Mayor Dan McLaughlin said the...

Drivers with a need for speed will have to find a new shortcut in New Lenox. The gate is down across a roadway linking the parking lot of the Lions...

Decked out in red and white hard hats, New Lenox Chamber of Commerce members got a close view of Lincoln-Way High School's new look last week. Three construction projects--an academic...

Keeping senior citizens in the community even if they can't afford rising housing costs is the goal of a New Lenox Township housing plan, Township Supervisor Guy Sell said recently....

Park District officials are mulling an offer by the village to buy park-owned land in a proposed town center. "It looks pretty positive," said Park Board President Tom Lewis. The...

The New Lenox Village Board has approved an intergovernmental agreement with Metra, the regional agency that operates commuter trains, that will eventually add more than 500 new parking spaces at...

A proposed office building complex will benefit Mokena, but the layout should encourage pedestrian traffic, village officials said at a work session Monday. Olivieri Brothers Inc. is seeking village approval...

The Mokena Elementary District 159 School Board agreed last week to add teaching positions for the upcoming school year. Supt. Roger Reardon said the district will add one half-time and...