Will County eyes five years of road work
Will County officials, focusing on improvements to major intersections, are expected to approve an updated five-year transportation plan at its June 21 meeting. The plan details more than $237 million...
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Pride Fest in Mokena: A day to celebrate and educate
Sunday was a day for not only pride, but education and celebration, as the Southwest Suburban Activists (SWSA) staged their first Pride Fest at Mokena’s Yunker Farm. Organizers said they...
Girls plan bake sales to raise money for New Lenox Fire Protection District
A group of New Lenox girls will spend their summer making cookies as well as memories, and hopefully lots of money, too. The five pre-teens – McKenna Lancaster, Rees Wall,...
Woman injured after 3-vehicle crash involving ambulance in New Lenox
A New Lenox woman was injured and faces multiple charges after she collided with a New Lenox Fire Protection District ambulance and another vehicle Thursday, according to officials. The crash...
Input wanted on Mokena park plan
The Mokena Community Park District is seeking public comments as it develops a comprehensive master plan for the future. A community meeting will begin at 6 p.m. June 14 in...
Will County forest officials secretly preserve rare orchid
Among all the flora in the Forest Preserve District of Will County, one is so distinctive, so vulnerable and so rare, that officials will not reveal its location. It is...
IDOT awards grant to improve I-80 interchange at U.S. 30
The often congested interchange area of I-80 and U.S. 30 in New Lenox will get some relief, thanks to a federal grant announced this week by the Illinois Department of...
‘It’s like an Indiana Jones movie’: Moving crews unearth past life of New Lenox train station
As crews prep the old New Lenox Metra train station for a move later this month to its to new home in Homer Glen, they unearthed past items of the...
Appellate court rules against environmentalist groups suing to stop proposed Illiana toll road
The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a lower court decision that ruled against environmental groups suing to stop the proposed Illiana toll road. The lawsuit was initially filed in Cook County...
Civil rights milestone or political theater? Equal Rights Amendment still divides some in the Southland
Decades of statewide debate may have ended this week as the Illinois House voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, but what it means for the state and the country...