Pat Harper

Results of a leaf-disposal survey released Tuesday indicate that most New Lenox residents bag, compost or mulch their leaves for disposal, but a significant minority still burn them. Out of...

Trustees in Mokena last week postponed action on a 191st Street development proposal until they can get more detailed information about the design, size and price of proposed town homes....

A consultants' study of Cedar Road should have more broadly examined traffic flow on New Lenox's main north-south thoroughfare, village officials said recently. Trustee Dave Batson said one intersection--Cedar Road...

The Mokena Planning Commission last week approved a proposal for a wooded subdivision despite objections from neighboring property owners worried about flooding. The plan for White Pine Estates, submitted by...

An ad hoc committee appointed this week by New Lenox Mayor Mike Smith to work with consultants studying land use in the area where Interstate Highways 355 and 80 are...

With a back-to-basics budget up for approval next month, New Lenox park commissioners this week said they are scaling down plans for a recreation center. Voters in April rejected a...

Five acres of land on Cedar Road in New Lenox Township will be submitted for annexation into the village in September. The Township Board voted recently to request the annexation...

Going to court could be the next move in Mokena officials' push to get a Front Street property cleaned up. Trustees voted after an executive session Monday to notify the...

Reptiles are not the cuddliest members of the animal kingdom, but they exercise a peculiar charm of their own, as evidenced by the 100 kids who packed the Mokena Library...

Plan commissioners in New Lenox have approved one business use on unincorporated land south of the village and objected to another. Commissioners last week voted to approve a Will County...