Regarding Jim Morris’ letter from Oct. 4, “Giving teachers more prep time is good for Chicago’s school kids:” Apparently Mr. Morris, an Evanston resident, thinks it’s okay for Chicago taxpayers to pay Chicago Teachers Union academics for extra prep time and thereby shorten the time for precise instruction. Teachers should not paid an hourly wage. They are paid an above-average wage to carry out their job of instructing Chicago college youngsters. As in different professions, a wage requires that the individual do no matter is important to arrange for his or her work day. If which means working nights and weekends or coming into work early, so be it. No skilled (be that individual a
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R. Kelly’s girlfriends will keep in Trump Tower, need to
The Kelly file . . . Hit the brakes! Cancel the shifting van! Sneed hears singer R. Kelly’s two live-in girlfriends — who had been searching for new Chicago digs outdoors Trump Tower after Kelly was despatched to jail on sexual abuse fees — at the moment are staying put. “I’m told they [Azriel Clary and Joycelyn Savage] have apparently decided to keep their living arrangement at Trump Tower,” stated Kelly’s Chicago legal professional, Steve Greenberg, who instructed Sneed final month the apartment lease was paid up solely by the tip of September and his two live-in girlfriends had been on the brink of transfer. Ka-ching? Does Kelly — who was bailed out of jail
North Side vigil calls on whole metropolis to face in opposition to gun
About 13,000 items of orange cloth lined the fence exterior Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church, representing each little one killed by gun violence within the U.S. for the reason that 2012 Sandy Hook taking pictures in Newtown, Connecticut. Inside, throughout the church’s fourth-annual anti-violence vigil Sunday night, folks learn the names of younger Chicago victims within the final yr. With every title, they tore one other piece of orange cloth to be added to the fencing. “We’re here tonight because kids keep dying by gun violence in Chicago,” mentioned the Rev. Beth Brown, pastor on the church. At the vigil two years in the past, 102 youths killed by Chicago’s gun violence had been being remembered. This
Bears vs Raiders 2019: Score updates and highlights
Halftime: Raiders 17, Bears 0 Raiders 17, Bears 0: After getting the ball again, the Raiders take a knee to enter halftime. They’re unsurprisingly glad with how that went. Raiders 17, Bears 0: Maurice Hurst sacks Chase Daniel on first down for a 15-yard loss. The Bears are getting dominated the road of scrimmage on each side of the ball. Raiders 17, Bears 0: A superb kick return by Cordarelle Patterson places the Bears in strong subject place however let’s be sincere, it gained’t matter except the offense can really begin making performs. Raiders 17, Bears 0: After a chop block penalty on Richie Incognito slowed the Raiders’ newest drive, Daniel Carlson hit
Dear Abby: Sisters who will inherit my stuff sometime need me
DEAR ABBY: I'm single, retired and don't have any youngsters. I do have some well being points. My sisters have begun to hound me about eliminating issues in order that they received’t must do it within the occasion that I die. My whole property, which is near $1 million, will go to them and their youngsters. It is exhausting for me to pack issues and transfer bins, and they're no assist. I’d prefer to benefit from the time I've left and never must take heed to their complaints. What ought to I do? — FED UP AND TIRED DEAR FED UP: Tell your sisters you want to die (when the time comes) surrounded by the mementos
Helicopter wheel falls via ceiling of Lynwood dwelling,
A household in south suburban Lynwood made a shocking discovery Saturday evening once they returned dwelling and located a helicopter wheel hanging from the ceiling of their rest room. Linda Dian, 55, stated she returned simply earlier than 7 p.m. to her two-story, single-family dwelling at 20019 Marlin Court and was watching TV when her daughter started yelling upstairs. “She started screaming, ‘momma, momma come here now,’” Dian stated. “I was scared. I thought something had happened to one of my grandkids.” What she discovered upstairs surprised her — a small wheel that appeared prefer it was from an airplane poking via the ceiling of the toilet. “I saw the wheel hanging in
Grease fireplace shuts down Gene & Georgetti steakhouse
Chicago’s well-known Gene & Georgetti restaurant in River North has been shut down till additional discover after a grease fireplace early Saturday. The homeowners of the family-run River North steakhouse, which was opened in 1941, introduced the closure in an announcement Saturday morning. No one was injured within the blaze, based on restaurant homeowners Tony, Marion and Michelle Durpetti. “We wanted to let you know that we did have a grease fire here early this morning but thanks to the wonderful engine 42 firefighters and emergency responders in our beloved 18th district we had no injuries and no grave damage,” they wrote. The restaurant’s Rosemont location remains to be open for enterprise, the household