Berwyn

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday, May 20, 2025, and returned the following indictments.

A man was denied pretrial release in McHenry County after being charged with four Class X offenses alleging he was selling “cocaine laced with fentanyl,” according to court records.

The Berwyn Park District welcomed beer enthusiasts and craft connoisseurs to the Berwyn Brewfest on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024 at Proksa Park in Berwyn.

Five men have been charged with participating in a video gaming theft ring that stole more than $100,000 across numerous counties, including Cook, Will, Kane and Kendall.

Cook County treasurer will send $22 million in automatic property tax refunds to more than 10,000 property owners

The Realty of Chicago Berwyn Rt. 66 Car Show is set to return for its 32nd year from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. , Aug. 24, with an estimated 700 cars and 25,000 visitors.

The annual Berwyn Pride Parade was held on Saturday, June 15, 2024.

Former IHSA state pole vaulting champion from Plainfield, Luke Winder, will have a chance to compete on team USA in pole vaulting when he competes at the Olympic Trials in Oregon next month.

Mario Manfredini is the Berwyn Fire Department's fire inspector and a battalion chief. He also prepares his own Italian sauce, which is sold in local stores and farmers markets.

Berwyn’s Vesecky’s Bakery serves a ‘bittersweet’ goodbye after a century in business

The generations-old Vesecky's Bakery in Berwyn plans to close in the coming months.

Downers Grove, Wheaton among ComEd, Openlands grant recipients

Morton High School will hold a back-to-school fair from 3-7 p.m. Aug. 13 at Cicero Community Park, 3400 S. 53rd Ave., Cicero.

The BDC will host an in-person informational event from 3 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 9, at the Fill Up Station, 2627 S. Ridgeland Ave. in Berwyn.

The Berwyn Park District hosted a a Community Garage Sale at Proksa Park on Saturday, July 8, 2023.

A Will County judge may decide on July 7 whether a former Joliet police officer is guilty of aggravated driving under the influence in 2020 crash that killed a Berwyn police officer.

A former Joliet police officer told a state trooper she “clipped the truck” that was “completely blacked out” in a 2020 crash that resulted in the death of a Berwyn police officer who was a passenger in her car.

The 12 newest businesses that are part of the Berwyn Shops: A Homegrown Project, open their doors every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until mid-December.

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi released the initial assessments of residential and commercial properties in Berwyn Township. A workshop about property assessments and the appeals process is offered in person and online.

All eight schools in Berwyn South School District 100 have landed Apple Distinguished Schools designations.

Shoppers browsed a Berwyn Holiday Pop-Up Market Saturday Dec 10, 2022.

“Man and Moon,” a co-production of 16th Street Theater in Berwyn and Dragonfly Theatre Company, is on stage in Oak Park.

Community volunteers and The Berwyn Tree Canopy gathered to plant more trees in Berwyn through a Tree Planters grant offered by Open Lands on Saturday, October 15, 2022.

The 8th Annual Berwyn Brewfest was held Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022 at Proksa Park.

In typical Paramount fashion, the show is a spectacular and electrifying production.

New owner of FitzGerald's nightclub endures hurdles associated with COVID and is reaping the rewards of his investment.

The North Berwyn School District 98 hosted a Dia de los Niños parade and celebration throughout the district on Friday, April 29, 2022.

The Heritage Middle School OAV club and instructional science class were recently awarded a grant from the Home Depot Foundation to beautify the Berwyn campus. Students planted flowers and worked on the landscaping on Wednesday, April 20, 2022.

Berwyn Shops is an incubator project, giving small business owners a taste of having their own retail space for their products and services.

Berwyn resident and Nazareth Academy senior Saul Galvan is the recipient of a Chick Evans Scholarship.

The Berwyn Development Corp.has named Diane Salemi as the second woman to serve as its board president.

A federal grand jury has indicted a Berwyn man for allegedly robbing cell phone stores in the Chicago suburbs.

The Berwyn City Council has taken a significant step to combat the city’s rat infestation problem.

There’s no clear solutions but a number of clear problems causing rats to settle in Berwyn.

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas has mailed out nearly 1.8 million, second-installment property tax bills. Payments are due Oct. 1.

The Berwyn City Council recently voted 6-2 against a proposal to ban liquor sales after midnight in liquor stores and mini-marts

Businesses in Cook County and Black and Latino suburban property owners are bearing the brunt of 2020 property tax increases, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of nearly 1.8 million bills by Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office

Berwyn Police said drugs were involved in a shooting last weekend that left one dead and two injured.

A Berwyn man was charged with reckless driving after a crash in Batavia.

A Berwyn woman has agreed to a sentence of 30 months of probation for engaging in sexual conduct with a resident at the Illinois Youth Center–St. Charles.

Hundreds of Berwyn residents who live in the 1900 and 2100 blocks of Ridgeland Avenue were without water or experienced little to no water pressure for up to four days in late June leading city officials to demand answers.

The Rev. Alex Ojacor of St. Leonard in Berwyn is making a difference in Uganda where he built a school in the rural community where he was raised.

To fully appreciate the significance of Berwyn’s first Juneteenth celebration, look to history, both local and national

The Berwyn City Council voted 6-2 on June 22 to approve Kasper Development’s revised plans for Ridgeland Estates

Berwyn Mayor Robert Lovero cast his first tiebreaking vote in at least five years when he opposed a request to defer a vote to purchase a tool that would allow the Berwyn Police Department to extract data from cellphones

Berwyn has four TIF districts. The four TIFs have generated more than $30 million since 1997, according to a 2019 TIF financial report posted on the Berwyn Development Corp.’s website

Members of Berwyn’s LGBTQ+ community on June 8 asked the city to stop emblazoning its officially sanctioned Pride Month banners with political logos and the names of politicians.

The proposed Ridgeland Estates subdivision in Berwyn has gone back to the drawing board after the Berwyn South School District 100 School Board voted against two measures that the developer needed in order to break ground.

Rates for residential handicapped parking in Berwyn are expected to rise now that Mayor Robert Lovero has retracted his plans to veto the increases.

Berwyn will receive almost $682,500 in Green Infrastructure Grant Opportunity funding to implement the Berwyn Green Alleys project to install three “green alleys” within the northern part of the city