Pat Harper

If the kids from Martino Junior High School and St. Jude School ran the town, New Lenox would have more sidewalks, safer streets and more recreation. Eighth-graders from both schools...

The Mokena Elementary District 159 School Board has been presented with an amended tentative budget for the 1998-99 school year that reflects a lower tax rate for residents. Pat Chesla,...

A panel that conducted a study of Lincoln-Way High School's drug and alcohol policies recommended last week that school officials continue assessing separate penalties for drug and alcohol use. Students...

With numbers growing at Mokena Elementary School, the District 159 School Board has voted to add a second assistant principal and a second school nurse to the staff. Cecelia Coffey...

A benefit for a recent nursing graduate battling cancer will be held Friday at South Suburban College. Bobbi Helem, 49, of Harvey, was stricken with a cancer called multiple myeloma...

The Marley Creek subdivision's long wait for a neighborhood park is almost over. The Mokena Village Board this week voted to annex the 5.5 acres owned by the Mokena Park...

New Lenox trustees this week said goodbye to two-term Mayor John Nowakowski. Nowakowski was elected a trustee in 1987 and became mayor in 1991. He had decided not to run...

In the wake of a hotly contested election, the New Lenox Park Board swore in two new members but failed to elect a president Tuesday night. The meeting was adjourned...

Disagreement over the fate of a New Lenox Township subdivision could scuttle a proposed boundary agreement between Mokena and New Lenox. The agreement proposed by Mokena officials in November suggests...

Nakia Bolton, Patricia O'Riley and Linda Lyda turn stereotypes upside down every day. The three women were among the welfare-to-work success stories showcased by U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.) and...