Berwyn News

I tok this photo during a pleasant Springtime afternoon back in April of 1988. A westbound Burlington Northern Railroad / early Metra local commuter train enroute to Aurora Illinois, is viewed arriving at the Harlem Avenue station in west suburban Berwyn Illinois USA.

Reputed mob boss Michael "the Large Guy" Sarno was sentenced to 25 years in prison today for ordering the bombing of a rival business in Berwyn to protect his illegal and lucrative video poker operation.

Four people were killed when this car crashed head-on into another vehicle after heading the wrong way down I-80. Advocate Christ Medical Center , Armando Ruiz , Crash Survivor , Eduardo Rodriguez , Gustavo Vargas , I-80 , Interstate 80 , Jason Wepsiec , Jorge Pina , Sole Survivor , Steve Miller , Wrong Way Crash OAK LAWN, Ill.

Alter Ego is a musical ensemble that just kicks ass! They have an ability to keep an audience in seats watching every move they make.

Four men are dead after a wrong-way driver crashed with another vehicle on Interstate 80 early Monday near Hazel Crest, Illinois State Police said.

For more than 40 years, street gangs and the illegal drug sales they control have been major drivers of property crime in the suburbs.

Arrrrg!

There's been a steady stream of drivers making their way to the Berwyn police station to pay a $100 traffic fine -- even if they are good drivers.

We got this kind of ticket in the mail two days ago because we stopped for two seconds, not the THREE TO FIVE SECONDS required by the City of Berwyn. The alleged offense occurred Jan. 6 at the intersection of Cermak and Harlem. The ticket came from a traffic light camera and shows that we stopped for two seconds, not three.

I'm steaming. When is the next city council meeting? What would they do if 300 such violators showed up there? Did it happen to you, too?

Sound off and let others know!

It's a long time until any significant holiday, and the landscape's hue is monotone at best.

Dot Dot Dot returned to the studio, this time with producer/mixer Tadpole . Working out of Parka Studios in Berwyn, they say they've continued the direction of III , which itself was a marked departure from their early poppier sounds.

Jim Peterik needs little introduction. A true rock-and-roll veteran, probably best-known for co-writing and performing the Grammy-winnning, Oscar-nominated and timeless " Eye of the Tiger " while with the band Survivor, the Burr Ridge resident still records and performs with The Ides of March , founded in Berwyn in 1964 , along with side projects ... (more)

The nephew of Cicero Town President Larry Dominick has been arrested for allegedly stealing $287.54 worth of beer from a Jewel in Stickney on two separate days by wheeling it in a cart out to his Town of Cicero car in the grocery store parking lot, police said.

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A special movie screening at the Lake Theatre in Oak Park on Saturday morning gives fresh meaning to the phrase "family film." All proceeds from the showing of How to Train Your Dragon will benefit the family of Bill Figatner, who died of cancer in December.

To celebrate 90 years of supporting the visual arts, Oak Park Art League puts its permanent collection in the spotlight with "A Special Exhibition of the Permanent Collection of the Oak Park Art League" at the Oak Park Public Library Gallery through Jan.

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Kayla and Trey Figatner will benefit from the movie fundraiser held in memory of their father, Bill, as will their mother Sandie.

Carm's Beef, a new Italian restaurant with a rich history, has opened at 17801 S. Oak Park Ave.