A program for senior volunteers to help other seniors over the telephone during an emergency will begin in January.

The world famous and solar-powered Laundromat in Berwyn will award 18 kids with brand new bicycles tomorrow as part of its Read to Ride program.

A young, three-foot reptile on the brink of starvation was rescued Aug. 12 from a home on the 3800 block of South Ridgeland , according to police reports.

Berwyn officials will host a public hearing Monday, Aug. 25, to discuss whether to ask voters in a November referendum measure if the city should switch to nonpartisan elections.

This summer’s hot vacation spot might be an unlikely one: your own backyard.

A 61-year-old man was found dead on a concrete balcony outside his second-story apartment at about 8:45 p.m. Aug. 10 on the 7100 block of Pershing Road, Berwyn.

An item on a wish list of improvements to Cermak Road in Berwyn is coming true after 20 years.

Mariam Schrage and other employees of AgeOptions have spent their summers helping seniors in suburban Cook County beat the heat and avoid complications the season’s hot temperatures can bring.

In the wake of the controversial layoffs of 12 city employees, 7th Ward Alderman Robert Lovero said he has an alternative plan that could save the city enough money to reinstate the workers.

The city council voted Aug. 12 to send the measures to the council's Aug. 26 Committee of the Whole meeting for further discussion.

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.

The all-female flat-track roller derby league of Chicago is leaving the Cicero Stadium, its home for three years.

Dr. Scott Chavin’s office has been a part of Cermak Plaza for more than 20 years, renewing itself with clients and providing a sharp contrast to the surrounding works of art, lashed with weather and age.

The auxiliary Roman Catholic bishop of Chicago, Bishop John R. Manz, will share his reflections on the U.S. Bishops’ document “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” at a Berwyn parish.

Berwyn firefighters will continue raising money in their annual “Fill the Boot” drive for muscular dystrophy in an attempt to beat the $19,000 they collected last year.

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