Berwyn News

A man listening for leaks in the air brakes of a tractor-trailer's cab on Thursday evening was crushed and killed when the truck was started and lurched forward.

A judge gave three years of probation and community service to 46-year-old Stephen Pochina, who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and reckless homicide.

Mike Jr. to the rescue We're confident that Mike Zalewski is a fine young lad. And by the hack standards of the Illinois legislature, he'll probably be a fine state representative.

Police were at the scene of a police-involved shooting that left a man critically wounded Friday night in the Burnside neighborhood.

Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today that a reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information leading to the ...

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Aug 20, 2008 7:53 am US/Central CICERO Two teenage boys are in custody after raiding an apartment and barricading themselves inside after a Tuesday night shooting in west suburban Cicero.

Hodgkins, a tiny Cook County village west of Chicago, isn't widely known as a restaurant town.

As plans move forward to make Roosevelt Road a little more environmentally friendly, the coordinator of an upcoming street fair on the thoroughfare is following suit with a green theme for the festival.

You can blame Hollywood for the bad reputation of bats. Jim Chelsvig does. The naturalist and director of Trailside Museum, 738 Thatcher Ave., River Forest, will dispel some myths about bats during "Night ...

Red-light photo enforcement cameras at another intersection in Berwyn are set to go live this week.

Anne and Dominick Cosentino, 96 and 98, cut the cake at their 80th wedding anniversary party Aug.

The Pull of the Moon will run August 7 - 16, 2008 at the Berwyn Cultural Center, with a press opening Thursday August 7 at 7:30 PM.

There were no arrests as of Monday morning related to a shooting July 27 on the 1100 block of South Austin Boulevard.

The Chicago Outfit ordered an Outlaw biker to blow up a Berwyn gambling operation because it competed with the mob's own $13 million video gambling machine business, prosecutors charge in a filing this ...

A federal list of suspected buyers of bogus degrees from a Washington state criminal diploma scheme includes a Chicago Public Schools instructor and five current or former Berwyn police officers - at least one ...

As emergency crews continue to clean up damage left in the wake of severe thunderstorms and strong winds that hit the Chicago area Monday night, Chicago has seen a spike in power outages and more than 100,000 ...

Residents and property owners can view and comment on planned changes to Roosevelt Road at a workshop tonight in Cicero.

Eric Larson had high standards when it came to expanding his super-successful Marion Street Cheese Market, a spot dedicated to craft beers, boutique vinos and American cheeses.

Two Chicago men face federal charges for the 2003 pipe-bombing of a west suburban Berwyn business, following the execution of several search warrants by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and FBI ...