Pat Harper

A wireless computer linkup is expected to speed communication between Orland Park recreation sites and Village Hall. Trustees voted Monday to buy the equipment from Information Technologies International Inc. of...

A task force of educators and parents studying a program for at-risk preschoolers will recommend that school districts take both independent and cooperative approaches in the future. Project BEGIN (Better...

A subdivision proposal recommended by the Mokena Planning Commission last week has neighboring homeowners worried about traffic, flooding and shrinking green space. The preliminary plan for the Blackthorne Ridge subdivision...

Officials in Mokena have added their voices to criticism over billboards erected just north of the village on La Grange Road. Trustees voted unanimously this week to send a letter...

Hoping to boost revenues, the New Lenox Park Board voted Tuesday to negotiate a contract with a private management firm for the Sanctuary Golf Course. Commissioner Robert McKenna said working...

With the central campus construction project ahead of schedule, the Lincoln-Way High School board has decided on an August dedication for the new structures. The new academic wing, auditorium and...

Computers and other high-tech gizmos sat silent on the sidelines as Bentley School students discovered life in the pioneer past. The 4th, 5th and 6th graders even dressed the part...

Enrollment in Mokena Elementary School District 159 is expected to go up at least 3 percent next year, the School Board learned last week. Supt. Roger Reardon said the latest...

New Lenox plan commissioners this week voted for early acceptance of a subdivision plan. Commissioners voted Monday to waive their usual procedure of delaying a recommendation until all engineering requirements...

Adding Taste of Orland to the 4th of July festivities in Centennial Park looks like a good idea to Orland Park trustees, as long as the tastes available in the...