Patricia Trebe

The Plan Commission last week heard the results of a yearlong study on land surrounding a proposed new Metra station near Laraway and Cedar Roads. The station would sit on...

Village officials are in the process of annexing several parcels of property to link the village to a larger commercial piece along the northeast corner of Schoolhouse and Laraway Roads...

Mayor Mike Smith may have appointed a successor this week for Trustee Tom Weigelwho resigned, but the timing of Weigel's resignation sparked a controversy among trustees who said they felt...

The Village Board approved an ordinance change that will require all future homes built in the town to have brick on 100 percent of the first floor of the structure....

The Village Board approved the final plat of the Crystal Springs development this week, giving residents an alternate road to bypass heavy traffic on U.S. Highway 30. The developer, Orland...

Village trustees on Tuesday approved issuing $9.5 million in general obligation bonds to pay for a new 40,000-square-foot village hall to be built next to the current 14,000-square-foot building at...

Plainfield trustees made it official and appointed Kathy O'Connell acting mayor to complete the term of Mayor Richard Rock, who died June 27. O'Connell has served as mayor pro tem...

Officials want a large turnout Monday for a workshop about a proposed historic preservation ordinance. Village trustees will review the measure at 7 p.m. in the Village Hall boardroom. The...

Plainfield officials this week approved a boundary agreement with Oswego and said they had secured the village's borders for the next 20 years. "This was the last agreement we needed...

The New Lenox Village Board passed an economic incentive package this week that will give the developers of a 450,000-square-foot shopping center more than $2.2 million in sales tax rebates....