Author: staff

Despite the way she may perceive her rights and privileges, grandparents don’t have an automatic right to be with their grandchildren, certainly when both parents are alive, together, and making reasonable choices regarding the best interests of their family.

If things were so “difficult” the last five years, why did owners splurge at a record pace before the lockout began Dec. 2, shelling out $2.16 billion in contracts in November. According to Spotrac.com, that was four times higher than the previous high for any November, the $577 million spent in 2012. MLB teams spent $1.4 billion in one day alone before the lockout froze all activities.

Edgewater resident Leonard Mogul, a community advocate and founder of Chicago children’s organization Arts4Kids Foundation, is partnering with Waukegan pastor Julie Contreras to send care packages to women and children in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Mogul said. Mogul’s organization has previously sent food to refugee children in detention centers at the Mexican border, he said, so Contreras reached out to him about turning aid toward Ukraine.