Pat Harper

People who buy lots nearest Interstate Highway 80 in the Walker Country Estates North development will be able to install fences and pools in the rear 100 feet of their...

New Lenox planning commissioners considering sign code revisions said this week they want to avoid an overabundance of signs, but don't want to interfere with business operations. The re-examination was...

Contracts for switching the New Lenox water supply from local wells to Lake Michigan should be wrapped up by the end of March. "The philosophic issues have pretty much been...

Landscape architects have presented ideas and suggestions to enhance the image of downtown Mokena. The architects suggested streetside trees, benches, ornamental-iron fencing and stylish streetlights would give downtown a distinctive...

A New Lenox trustee called for a 10-year phasing out of property taxes Tuesday. Trustee Patrick Flynn said that the percentage of the village budget funded by property taxes is...

In a 4-2 vote Tuesday night, New Lenox trustees adopted a resolution opposing a proposed auto racetrack in neighboring Joliet. "There is some benefit to the track," acknowledged Village Engineer...

A new police contract ratified by the Mokena Village Board on Monday raises salaries and offers a wider choice of residency for officers. The contract negotiated with Teamsters Local 714,...

Traffic along the southern end of Wolf Road is about to pick up the pace. Mokena trustees voted Monday night to raise the speed limit to 40 m.p.h. between Kluth...

Contract negotiations that could allow Mokena one day to tap into a Lake Michigan water supply line are nearing completion, trustees have announced. The terms of pending agreements with Tinley...

A major oil company was fined $750 and attorneys' fees last week in connection with the sale of alcohol to a minor at a convenience mart and gas station, village...