Pat Harper

The Lincoln-Way High School Marching Knights will usher in the millennium with a musical run for the roses. The Lincoln-Way High School District 210 board recently approved a request for...

With no state guidelines in force, the job of zoning and regulating tattoo parlors could prove complicated, according to New Lenox officials. Carrie Hansen, planning and development administrator for the...

A proposed boundary agreement between New Lenox and Mokena basically follows the outlines of a handshake agreement that dates to 1974, New Lenox Mayor John Nowakowski said this week. The...

Transportation funding, possibly derived from a Will County tax on gasoline, and economic development head the 1999 legislative agenda approved last week by the Will County Governmental League. Transportation funding...

With a 1998 survey indicating 60 percent of Mokena residents are displeased with the quality of the village's well water, trustees this week said a repeat referendum issue is the...

A Commonwealth Edison executive last week promised more attention to localized power outages in Will County. When the lights go out, town officials end up taking the flak even though...

The New Lenox Library District's first-ever referendum proposal will ask taxpayers to approve a $10.8 million bond issue to build a new library. Library trustees voted this week to put...

Park commissioners in New Lenox voted Tuesday night to hold a tax referendum in April to seek financing for a recreation center for residents of the growing park district. A...

Mokena is joining its southwest suburban neighbors in attempting to put restrictions on adult-oriented businesses. An ordinance approved by the Village Board Monday night spells out matters such as licensing,...

A legal dispute over a 1988 agreement is holding up expansion of a subdivision, plan commissioners said last week. The Plan Commission voted to recommend denial of developer William Bolker's...