Pat Harper

The Mokena Village Board on Monday approved a boundary agreement with Frankfort that divides jurisdiction over Wolf Road south of U.S. Highway 30 and sets geographical boundaries for the neighboring...

The New Lenox District 122 school board is exploring a unique financing method for energy conservation projects. Officials will begin negotiating a contract with Westchester-based Unicom under which the company...

The one-school, two-campus Lincoln-Way High School district won't split into two separate high schools until 2001, but school officials are already preparing for the separation by appointing department chairs for...

New Lenox does not have a domestic violence shelter of its own, but help is not far away, state Sen. William Mahar (R-Orland Park) told village officials recently. Mahar, who...

A proposed development at U.S. Highway 30 and School House Road cleared one hurdle this week when the New Lenox Plan Commission recommended a special use for a drive-through window....

New Lenox Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year for 1999, Adonia Mietsnerdied Monday after an illness, but she will be honored for her 50 years of community service Saturday...

New Lenox Area Historical Society members said recently they have secured a license agreement with the Will County Forest Preserve District for a site to which to move the Schmuhl...

Conservative fiscal policy enables Mokena to cope with growth without taking on debt, Mayor Robert Chiszar said recently in his annual state-of-the-village address. The village, which is engaged in a...

A YMCA expansion plan outlined for trustees recently received an enthusiastic reception from Mokena village officials. A proposed two-story addition will add more than 30,000 square feet to the I-80...

A 50-year mainstay of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9545 has been named 1999's Citizen of the Year by the New Lenox Chamber of Commerce. Adonia Mietsner, who was...