Mokena News

It's time for the main event. Palermo's won the first round of our Patch Pizza Playoff , and now the restaurant represents Frankfort and Mokena in our championship showdown.

With Valentine's falling on a Tuesday this year, many folks will spend today primping, prepping and practicing productive prompts for dates tonight.

Hannah Bick had a morning to remember Friday when her father made a surprise visit to her first-grade class at Mokena Elementary School.

Earlier this week, a judge denied a Frankfort teen on probation for reckless driving his request to go to the Grammy Awards because the 19-year-old hadn't sent apologies to the couple seriously injured after he ran a stop sign in Mokena three years ago, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune .

At Mokena Intermediate School , "Rockets" isn't just the mascot. On Thursday, a group of fifth-graders made a presentation to the Mokena 159 school board about the school's model rocket program.

Kim McAuliffe is the owner of An English Garden Flowers and Gifts as well as kids party-planning companies A Monster Mash Party Bash and Madhatter Tea Parties .

SUNDAY, FEB. 5 Restaurant Burglarized About $335 in cash and coins was reported stolen from a restaurant in the 19700 block of Mokena Street between 8 p.m. Feb.

Last week , we gave you the first batch of Valentine's deals and events going on in Mokena, featuring specials from: Nova Quarter Horses Jenny's Steak House at 191 South Fleckenstein's Bakery The Mokena Community Public Library and the Mokena Park District A This week, we're at it again with four great ways to plan your Valentine's Day without ... (more)

A Will County judge will not let a Frankfort teenager with connections in the music industry go to the Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday, more than two months after he pleaded guilty to reckless driving.

Alicia L. Benavides , 32, of Joliet, was cited by Minooka police for disobeying a traffic control signal, for driving without a driver's license and for operating an uninsured motor vehicle at 470 W. Mondamin Street and S. Ridge Road in Minooka, Friday, Jan.

They say it's not who votes, but who counts the votes. In our recent Pizza Playoffs poll to determine who will represent Mokena and Frankfort in the battle for the most-loved pizza in the Southland, all those votes were counted by a tiny little piece of software that went haywire during a recent site update.

Former Mokena 159 Superintendent Karen Perry, who was ousted as superintendent over the summer , has a new job lined up-superintendent of Oakwood CUSD 76 in downstate Fithian, Ill.

Judge denies Loyola student's request after being told he has yet to apologize to retired couple injured in collision Gerald and Marybeth Ryan were injured in 2009 when a car driven by Raihan "Ray" Sayeed smashed into their car.

Weekends are slow days across the Internet, as readers selfishly spend time with their friends, families and other loved ones rather than continually re-check their favorite sites.

Welcome back. Several weeks ago we discussed different types of businesses that Mokena residents would like to see open in our beautiful village .

For this week's Chowdown Showdown, we dined on soup from eateries in Frankfort, New Lenox and Mokena.

Returning soldier Michael Schatzman thought he was getting a steak dinner but got something better instead-a welcome home from his community.

After officers gave a reportedly belligerent area woman several chances to avoid arrest last week, she managed to get herself arrested, they said.

It's officially February, which-aside from one special day of flowers, chocolate and an excuse to go out on a weekday-is slightly on the uneventful side.

The Will County Sheriff's Office reported the following recent incidents. Someone entered a residence in the 19000 block of Walnut in Mokena on January 19 and stole a digital camera, net book computer, a .25 handgun, a DVD player, a dozen antique coins, 100 silver state quarters, a gold necklace and two keys.