Mokena News

Mr. Charles L. Carey, 88, of Morris, Ill., passed away in his home, with his family at his bedside, Monday evening, June 17, 2013.

Olivieri Real Estate recently completed lease negotiations of Kirkuk Global, LLC which has relocated to Suite 106, in the High Point I Office Building, 9500 Bormet Drive in Mokena.

If you're looking for events worth getting out of the house for, then Get Up and Go! has you covered Mondays-Fridays.

A 28-year-old man who allegedly greeted his new neighbors with racial epithets and threatened them with a knife Saturday has been charged with a hate crime, police said.

Carissa Ernat, of Mokena, test drove a new Ford Fusion Energy at Lincoln-Way East High School on Friday evening.

9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills, 974-5500: "Gallery 2013 Juried Community Art Exhibition" will be exhibited to July 31. A reception and awards ceremony will take place from 2-4 p.m. June 1. 202 S. Halsted St., Chicago Heights, 709-3636: "Sapphire and Crystals" will be exhibited to July 10. The show features work by 13 artists from the Chicago ... (more)

Mokena School District 159 Board member Michael Ford has resigned in response to an ultimatum backed by newly seated board President Danielle Didrickson.

Nicholas R. Moustis, 23, of 21349 S. 80th Ave., Frankfort, faces one felony count of theft and one misdemeanor count of theft.

With Meijer set to break ground on a store in Mokena, new Mayor Frank Fleischer hopes that the growing retailer will spur other commercial development in town.

Mayors in towns kept up all night by last weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival question why an open-air electronic dance music festival, known for loud music, would run until 4 a.m. "I think that's ridiculous," said Manhattan Mayor James Doyle.

Every week we'll show some of the mug shots of people arrested in New Lenox, Frankfort and Mokena.

A 29-year-old Mokena man was struck and killed by lightning May 26 while fishing on the Kaskaskia River near the Lake Shelbyville Dam.

A Mokena man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison more than a year after his conviction on multiple counts of wire fraud in connection with the sale of used forklifts.

Memorial Day was marked with solemn services throughout the Lincoln-Way communities.

MOKENA, Ill. - On a recent sunny afternoon, Linda Nesci was on her way to run errands only to find a 250-pound alligator lolling on the blacktop outside her garage in south suburban Mokena.

There are warrants out for the arrest of more than 100 accused criminals in the Lincoln-Way communities of New Lenox, Mokena and Frankfort.

Wilkey has been math and science coordinator for the Elmhurst Community Unit School District since 2011 and curriculum coordinator for Morris Community School Districts 54, 60C and 101 from 2008 to 2011.

One annoyed woman from Rockdale is asking New Lenox residents to join her in the fight to halt future noisy concerts.

A Memorial Day weekend outing in Shelby County turned tragic May 26 when lightning struck and killed a 29-year-old Mokena man.

The late night and early morning vibrations from bass-thumping tunes played at the Electric Daisy Carnival May 26 have sparked the ire of residents especially from New Lenox but also Mokena, Frankfort, Lockport and Homer Glen.