A shopping trip to a west suburban Wal-Mart has landed a Berwyn alderman in local ordinance court after store security suspected him of shoplifting.

Laughter was punctuated by gasps and furrowed brows as residents and business owners saw spike-covered baseball bats and gang-color bedecked rosaries.

Hurtling down Harlem Avenue at 75 mph — lights flashing, sirens wailing — responding to a report of shots fired, gives one a good idea of what a Berwyn cop’s night will be like.

A 27-year-old Berwyn woman reported at about 8:45 p.m. Sept. 24 that her pet ferret was stolen when her apartment was burglarized.

A 30-year-old Bellwood man in Berwyn to visit his girlfriend reportedly was robbed at gunpoint before he even stepped out of his car.

Even if aldermen approve a new land-use plan for Berwyn’s three train station regions, the sputtering economy may help dictate what ultimately is built in these zones.

Berwyn police are investigating the robbery of two AT&T workers at gunpoint Sept. 19.

West Suburban Enhanced Directed Gang Enforcement otherwise known as WEDGE is a tactical unit consisting of members of numerous local police forces gathered together on a volunteer basis to combat serious gang related crimes.

Berwyn police still are waiting for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office to file charges against a Chicago man captured late Tuesday morning, Sept. 23, in connection with a string of armed robberies in Berwyn and the western suburbs.

Hundreds more parking spaces will be brought to downtown Berwyn when a new parking deck rises in about a year.

A request to raze a possible city landmark has been delayed despite a developer’s promise to bring more than 100 new jobs to the medical office they want to build.

A former Berwyn alderman, who assisted in a public corruption investigation, has announced he is running for mayor.

It was straight talk about crime in Berwyn Wednesday night during a citywide meeting at the police department.

Metra train traffic is moving again on the BNSF rail line after a body on the tracks halted traffic for more than an hour Wednesday evening.

With Berwyn’s municipal budget bleeding red ink, one alderman wants to reconsider dishing out $250,000 to help attract renters.