Pat Harper

Some guidelines may be needed for signs that advertise community events, the Mokena Zoning Board of Appeals agreed recently. The Village Board is looking for guidelines to control the number...

Mayor Robert Chiszar this week distributed earnings from the ninth annual Mokena Mayor's Golf Outing to three area organizations. A $3,000 contribution was presented to the Mokena-Marley FISH organization; $1,000...

Trustees in Mokena on Monday night set aesthetic guidelines for businesses to qualify for a grant program aimed at helping spruce up downtown. Money has been set aside for grants...

The Will County Governmental League will ask the Illinois Commerce Commission whether Commonwealth Edison can finance part of the cost of relocating utility lines underground. At issue is a clause...

All that was needed was a little snow. Santa Claus, carolers and lights were part of the scenery in downtown Mokena over the weekend as hundreds of people began their...

A wider 191st Street is one of the keys to developing Mokena's section of the Interstate Highway 80 corridor, village officials said this week. Both 191st Street and land bordering...

The price tag for New Lenox Commons improvements comes to about $1.5 million, including "all the bells and whistles," trustee Gary Mueller told the Village Board this week. The first...

Trustees in Mokena have turned down Frankfort Township Assessor Paul Ruff's request for financial backing to defend against tax challenges. Ruff, who has been making the rounds of township taxing...

Lincoln-Way High School students got some help from Frankfort Mayor Ray Rossi Tuesday in biology class. Rossi was one of more than 40 business and community leaders who did some...

A $2.3 million alternate revenue bond proposal to finance senior citizen housing in New Lenox Township is headed for the March 21 ballot. Trustees will vote on an ordinance authorizing...