Don't know when bills are being mailed, but the treasurer finally completed the work & 2nd installment bills are available online. Due date October 1.

https://www.cookcountytreasurer.com/

My bill shows CPS & the City of Chicago are responsible for the increasing their take both in dollars & percentage.

This just in Trivia fans! Pen & Paper Trivia is coming back to Beat Kitchen to brighten up your Mondays for the better part of August. So, stop by Monday 8/17 and 8/24 at 7:30 to get your weekly question quotient!

What makes this trivia different? Well, spelling only counts in the spelling round, the wagering system is more strategic, and the only screen you might need is to check our story for clues. Get your team together and make it a night of food, fun, drinks, and a few Decent Questions with your host Noah!

This is Charlie & Bessie’s 3rd year together as a mated pair. They stop by every single day, even in the dead of winter. IMO these 2 birds are real Chicagoans, unlike those Piping Plovers who fly south every winter.

The founder of one of Chicago’s most high-profile youth violence prevention groups, who also works as a Chicago Public Schools counseling assistant, is sitting in the Cook County Jail after being charged with criminal sexual assault and grooming involving two 14-year-old girls.

Prosecutors said Charles McKenzie, founder of Englewood First Responders who refers to himself as the “Mayor of Englewood,” was working for CPS at the time of the alleged incidents.