Pat Harper

A sign code that allows wall-mounted nameplates for farms, ranches and commercial stables is too antiquated for businesses in a modern suburb, the Zoning Board of Appeals ruled Monday night....

New Lenox Park District commissioners recently agreed to buy a 4.5-acre parcel for a proposed recreation center that would become part of a multiagency development. The price for the land,...

Residents of the Marley Creek subdivision are about to get a long-awaited park, thanks to a land donation from a developer. Mokena Park Board President Tom Canna told the planning...

A proposal to annex a small subdivision on Francis Road needs a lot of work before it can hope to gain approval, trustees said recently. Some, including Trustees Dave Batson...

Responses to the latest parent surveys taken during parent-teacher conferences at Elementary District 122 schools are "overwhelmingly supportive," Supt. Thomas Mullins told the School Board recently. The questionnaires were answered...

New Lenox Plan Commission members have postponed a decision on a subdivision's expansion plans until they can get a status report on litigation between the developer and the village. The...

More fun than 50 pushups: At Chelsea School in Frankfort, December gym classes literally rolled along. Instead of doing situps and jumping jacks or playing dodgeball, the 3rd and 4th...

New Lenox Plan Commission members have postponed a decision on a subdivision's expansion plans until they can get a status report on litigation between the developer and the village. The...

The District 122 School Board has approved an $11.1 million property-tax levy for taxes collected next year. It is based on $505 million in assessed valuation, $18.7 million of which...

A recent plea for an end to leaf burning in New Lenox was another chapter in a continuing saga for the Village Board. The question of leaf disposal has surfaced...