Nearly three months after Isabel Diaz passed away suddenly of a brain anuerysm, students and staff at Lincoln Middle School memorialized the 13-year-old student at the annual student vs. teacher basketball game.

The North Berwyn Park District will announce its annual ‘Best of Berwyn’ contest winner at a dinner and awards ceremony tonight.

Not only did Lt. William Edwards go above and beyond the call of duty when he voluntarily enlisted in the U.S. Army, he also went above and beyond as a father during his service, according to the National Fatherhood Initiative.

Being North Berwyn School District 98’s new superintendent is a dream job for Carmen Ayala.
 

Although youth football begins soon in Berwyn, it's always had some impact on the city.

When it comes to a hero's welcome, it’s hard to argue that James and Tina Masuca don’t deserve one

At a wrestling event in Berwyn over St. Patrick's Day weekend, one performer landed face-down on the mat and kept fighting. Another, fending off a bout of food poisoning, took a boot to the throat after a flying kick from the top ring and couldn't talk for at least five days. Yet another nearly pulled a shoulder out of its socket.

Cicero couple James and Tina Masuca were given a hero's welcome today as Warriors' Watch Riders led a blaring escort to Cicero Town Hall, where they were honored by the town's president and trustees.

The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs will honor Chicago resident and Berwyn VFW member Iris Feliciano as its March 2012 Veteran of the Month.

More than 40 years after returning from serving in the Vietnam War, Berwyn resident and Army veteran  Mike Helbing is board chairman for the National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago, an organization that gives artists like him a place to display their work.

Garage burglaries have become an all-too-common problem in Berwyn and the western suburbs. Most people never wind up seeing their stolen property again.
Most people aren't Francisco Suarez.

The big number: $10,000

That's how much money Berwyn native Jim Peterik helped raise for The Theatre of Western Springs on Feb. 4

Although he has a wealth of experience acting and writing, Eddie Sugarman, the theater's new managing director, found that his passion lies in running the business side of theaters.

After six years in office in the Illinois 24th District, which covers Berwyn, Cicero, Brookfield, Riverside and Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, state Rep. Lisa Hernandez (D-Cicero) will face her first primary challenger in the March 20 Democratic primaries.

Ed Karasek, a long-time commissioner for the Berwyn Park District, was named Commissioner of the Year by the Illinois Association of Park Districts.

When George and Maryrose Liska were newlyweds in 1942, they had no idea they'd be together 70 years. They had bigger concerns.

Most people looking for a job right now will tell you it's not easy, and it's no different for veterans returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

When Lelend U. Rodriguez, a kindergarten student at Lincoln Elementary School in Hillside, saw wounded veterans collecting donations while on a trip with his father to Elmhurst City Hall, he knew he wanted to help.

Santos Martinez's first birthday was nothing like the day he was born.