6:15 a.m.: Berwyn City Council rejects nonpartisan referendum

It was like any other afternoon at Yoda’s house in Downers Grove. Eat some food, find a sunny spot to nap for a few hours and peer out the screen door for any chipmunks making a move.

Each day Laura Fast and Paul Tuska wake up in their Stickney home, they are greeted by a pungent odor reminiscent of rotten eggs.

Thousands of worshippers from across the country will descend upon Berwyn for Labor Day weekend and the 108th annual Maria SS. Lauretana religious feast.

Area residents looking to get a hair cut and do a good deed at the same time need look no further than Headquarters Hair Design, a Westchester salon that donates shed locks to make hairmats that help clean up oil spills.

After undergoing rare brain surgery to remove a life-threatening aneurysm, a Riverside resident is basking in good health.