Without a contract. Its not fair. They are frustrated, exhausted and they spend all day teaching our kids. Theyve also done it without a raise an contract as you heard for five years. Teachers at one Delaware County district have had it. Enough is enough. Those Teachers Want a contract. They want it now. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. They may get one sooner rather than later. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is in chester tonight with the story. Chris . Reporter well, iain, imagine going to work for five years and never getting a raise. Not a single penny, and on top of it, you have to bring your own pens, your own paper, your own stapler to work. May sound crazy but thats real life for hundreds every chester upland teachers who say enough is enough. Over 1800 days without crack. Its not fair. Reporter five years without a raise and teachers in one of the most economically challenged districts in the state are still coming to work every day without a contract. Im sure you can probably go to another School District and get another job. Cant you . Yes, absolutely. Reporter why not do that. Because i was born and raised in chester and i want to do whats right for my students. Reporter Teachers Union rallied at the Chester School board demanding a new crack. Many parents say its time teachers get what they deserve. My dad grew up in a union. You know what they did when they didnt have contract, they stood outside and didnt let nobody in. Our teachers come to work. Our teachers get told they might not be getting paid. Reporter average teacher salary in chester upland 71,000 a year. That is well below neighboring School Districts where some teachers have been migrating. Good people are leaving the School District. This is what really hurts. Good teachers are leaving us. I have two kids in college. We pay for it on credit card. Reporter union rep tells fox 29 both sides are back to the bargaining table. The school board now under state control did announce progress. School district absolutely is optimistic that we will be able to reach an agreement with the teachers win fairly short period of time. Reporter announcement brought applause to the standing room crowd who say chester uplands 13,000 students are the ones caught in the middle. These kids need a pass and thats what we try to provide. Reporter now im told major stumbling blocks are non monetary issues like teachers schedules and benefits packages. Both sides are hoping they get a contract sooner than later. Lucy . All right, thank you very much, chris. Man is in serious condition tonight after a car hit him in wilmington. Just before 7 30 tonight on philadelphia pike. Delaware state police are investigating. No word if the driver faces any charges n north philadelphia a21yearold man is in Critical Condition after a shootin shoott second and ontario. Someone shot the victim three times just after 6 00 tonight. The victim is at temple hospital right now. So far no arrests have been ma made. Developing to night a local man is desperate to find his missing dog. What happened to a yorkie named louie his last known whereabouts on his owners doorstep when unidentified couple just picked him up and took off. Louies family as i just said is desperate to get him home. They sat down with our brad sattin. Reporter we are in philadelphias olney section on the 5200 block of arbor street. We dont know at this point the exact intent of this couple, were they trying to help the dog or indeed were they trying to steel it . What we do know tonight is that the owner is desperately asking for the dogs safe return. Bernard sanford is hunting for his best friend last night he cried over it, tonight hes Statement Link flyers on telephone poles in the dark hoping someone knows where eightyearold louie is. The last he saw his yorkie was around 10 00 tuesday night thanks to video camera he put up outside a deliveryman came to the door with a pizza bernards daughter answered and told the man he had the wrong house. After i found out it wasnt our pizza i just closed the door, and, um the dog had gotten out. The dog had gotten out. She didnt know it. Win 15 minutes bernard believes the couple driving on nearby street spotted the dog, the woman got out and chased louie back home right up to the front door. Moments later, the man drives by, spots the woman and dog, gets out of the car, walks up to them and picks up louie and together they leave. It was a lady that was screaming out boo boo the guy had came down the street and then all of a sudden he got out the car and he took the dog. Reporter anyone whoever lost a pet knows the heartbreak but for bernard its more. A few years ago he lost two of his sons bernard, jr. , in a car crash and then is a beer who was murdered. Puppy was like therapy puppy for the family. I lost my brother as couple years ago, and thats like a brother to me, too. I just really want my dog. Come here ill give you a hug. Its okay. I get that. Thank you. Well get the word out okay. To the couple who snatched Louie Bernard says well forgive you. Bring the dog back its a healing to our family and now we hurt all over again. Reporter again, thats all theyre looking for is the safe return of their dog. As far as the couple a witness believes the couple may have have been asian, they may have been left in a white or pearl colored nissan path finder. Police report has been filed so if you have any information at all, give police a call. Iain. Brad, lets hope they find him, thank you. On your radar tonight a warmup but then do i say it, the s word . Can we really be talking about snow, kathy . It better be north and west. Yeah, right. It usual system iain. Well take peek at that. Take look right now on ultimate doppler theres a very big Storm Brewing in the west. Very heavy snow in denver through the planes and heading toward minnesota where they are expecting about a foot of snow. It is the first storm of the season, and that area of low pressure that storm system is going to be moving our way. Right now its 40 degrees in the poconos. 51 in philadelphia. 44 in wilmington and 46 degrees in Atlantic City. Now overnight tonight, temperatures will be falling into the 30s through most of the region. Especially to the north and we west. Philadelphia bottoming out at 42. Wrightstown 38. And millville blow arthritic degrees. Now coming up, well be talking about a major surge in warmth over the next couple of days. So a mild end to the week. The first flakes of the season for some of us and then a sunday shocker. It will feel much different more like winter by then. Ill be back with the seven day forecast later in the broadcast. See you then. All right, kathy, thanks torments night police are on the hunt for this couple. Accused of taking a purse from an elderly woman at a giant supermarket in northeast philadelphia. The 84yearold says the man distracted her while the woman stole her purse right out of the cart. It happened last friday night at the store on the 2500 block of grant avenue. Tredyffrin police say it hey it may be the same couple who did the same thing tapeh oley acme. They left in a light colored vehicle. If you recognize them, call police. President elect trump says his transition is going very well. Tonight hes taking credit for keeping a ford plant open in kentucky. He said the plant is not moving to mexico. And that he owed it to kentucky for the states confidence in him. Kentucky eight electoral votes all went to trump. Fords ceo told reuters yesterday the company is shift something production to mexico to make room for on the products at michigan plants and apparently in addition to the plant that trump is working with, apparently, ford has planned to launch a new plant in kentucky as well. President elect possible cabinet still shaping. Retired lieutenant Michael Flynn has been offed a job at National Security adviser. His critics have questions about his use of the phrase radical islamist terrorism. And comments about the islamic faith. Former republican president ial nominee mitt romney expected to meet with trump this weekend. Romney was an outspoken critic of trump during the election season. Trump referred to romney as a loser. Meanwhile new Jersey Governor Chris Christie made his first public appearance since being demoted as the president elects transition chairman. Governor christie spoke at the legal of municipalities in Atlantic City and he thanked members of the municipal governments for the work they do for their communities and he also talked about any role he may play in the future president s administration. I have every intention of serving out my full term as governor. Ive said that from the beginning. And i have no reason to believe as we stand here today that i will do anything other than serve out my full term as governor and turn the keys of the office over to whoever you select in november of 2017 to replace me. Legal of municipalities serves municipal governments throughout the state of new jersey. Controversy tonight involving a popular diner in east mt. Airy. Customers says an employee harassed her more than once because she supports trump. Meanwhile the owner of the diner has a different version of what happened. Fox 29 is that so bean in a kuriakose has the story. I was wearing a make America Great men again hat. Reporter twenty eight morning after Donald Trumps president ial victory this trolley car diner customer in east mt. Airy was celebrating with breakfast but soon the divisive nature of the National Election being hashed out over coffee and toast. She asked us to protect her identity for fear of retaliati retaliation. Customer says a waitress took one look at her trump clothing and said this. I was disgusting. Um, its a good thing im not waiting on you. Youre so ignorant. Unfortunately, one of our servers said to her, after seeing her trump attire, said, good thing youre not in my section. Reporter trolley car owner Ken Weinstein disputes the wordinwording but does admit his waitress stepped out of line. He says she was reprimanded but insists with the customer claims happened a week later is not true. Shes standing in a corridor and knocks into me and then checks me with her shoulder. The trump supporter alleges she was targeted and physically assaulted by the same waitress. Thats when a friend with the Group Citizens for trump tweeted out the story. Soon it was viral with outraged supporters posting messages including the diners phone and contact info. There was no purposeful assault that happened, and we have other customers that substantiated that. Reporter he thinks hes being set up something the customer strongly denies. She says she just wants to be able to express her views without threat of march rashes many of the meanwhile ken says, trolley car is getting hundreds of hateful calls and emails including death threats. The diner has shut down its facebook page. I dont want anybody to lose their job but i also dont want people to be discriminated against. Reporter no Police Report was ever filed in either incident the diner says the waitress will keep her job. In mt. Airy, sabina kuriakose, fox 29 news. Thieves put a damper on local youth football teams championship plans but a special fox 29 viewer came up with a hail mary to save the game. One prime example of, um, good people stepping up to the plate. The surprise from for the kids today they will never forget. And war raging right now over our heads in one corner commercial airlines. In the other passengers at the center of it all baggage fees. Airlines are trying to boost bagging process so we took to the skies to find some creative ways customers are fighting ba back. A night out at a bar definitely proves to be wild but not in a good way. A bar brawl turns into a street fight and a car gets involved. How this nasty fight finally e ended. Not even game time but dozens of youngsters on pair of south philadelphia youth football teams already feel like big winners. They learned today that good people trump bad people. Time and again. In this case the thief or thieves who stole some field equipment needed to stage this saturday championship games. Bruce gordon brought you the story on monday and joins us with the happy ending. I dont know if this actually happens in the wilds of nature but in philadelphia it turns out eagles can save sharks. Football field at the Vare Rec Center is more dirt than grass. Just one of the hard ships part and parcel of youth sports in much of philadelphia. But that will change come saturday. When the new sigma sharks 10 and under team and the sharks eight and unders play their championship games at Novacare Center. Reporter you heard coach anthony meadows right. The Novacare Center. This is one prime example of good people come stepping up to the plate we literally walk to make sure theres no dog mess or anything on the field. Reporter i met meadows monday at their normal game field just down the block. After thieves broke into their storage trailer we kind of store all of our equipment. Reporter made off with yard markers, pylons, field painting gear, the stuff these kids need to stage their games. Enter the philadelphia eagles. Saw the story Team President don schmolenski called me after our story ran. The birds would partner with the special Service District to replace all that stolen field equipment the markers, the pylons, the painting gizmo. These kids, they couldnt imagine this. The eagles went one better inviting the sharks to may their saturday titled games on the man cured fields of a real pro team. I talked to jeffrey, doug and howie about opening up the Novacare Center since were heading out on friday. Its a big deal for the kids. I think it will be neat experience. Reporter you might say that. This is i mean its a chance of a lifetime. Reporter back at vare the sharks are looking forward to a dust free title game. Not my Favorite Team but im happy to be there. Eagles are not your Favorite Team. No. You dont mind using their practice philadelphia. No. Whos your Favorite Team. The cowboys. Oh, no reporter too late schmolenski. You already agreed. And taught these kids a lesson about winning and losing that a good deed can overcome bad acts. One, two, three sharks reporter youll remember coach meadows has to walk their usual field before each came to pick up dog waste. I dont think that will be a problem saturday morning at the Novacare Center. Lucy, good luck to the sharks. Good bet there. All right. Thank you, bruce. To a story now you first saw on fox. High octane smash and grab robberies run out of fuel for four men. Prosecutors charged them with stealing a luxury suv. Louis mathis, hassan knight, jermaine Ricky Johnson and marquise taylor face charges of theft and receiving stolen property. Police say three of those men used that stolen infinity in a smash and grab at macys in moorestown on sunday as well as attempted robbery at the macys in center city. Right now, robbery charges in new jersey are pending. It takes great leap of faith to grab your bike, grab your dog and hit the road with not a care where youre going or where one youll be back. One man is doing just that. And one big reason is propelling him. Hes rescuing dogs. Our hank flynn is with a man dog team that just dont quit. Reporter . Hop up, good girl. Reporter bixby gets a around. I mean around the country. Sevenyearold rescue dog has been riding shotgun around the usa with her buddy mike for a couple of years now. Mike does the driving and pedaling bixby does the riding not a bad way to role. I set out may 15th of 2013 and decided that, you know, i needed to change my life and after meeting a couple other guys on Cross Country bicycle ride, it inspired me to sell my truck, quit smoking, grab a bicycle and hit the road and little did i realize at the time that what an amazing adventure it was going to turn into. Reporter 8,000 miles is what its turned into so far. With mike and bixby hitting countless stops along the way like wyoming, wisconsin, washington, d. C. , all the while depending on the kindness of strangers and fighting for a cause animal shelters. Dogs in particular. They need blankets. They need sheets. They need towels. Things like that that you might consider throwing away because, you know, whatever. Donate those things to your local shelters. You know, volunteer. Foster. So many ways you can support your local shelter. Reporter heres another thing i like about mike. I asked him to do couple of things. Every answer is no worries. He doesnt really have to be anywhere in particular in an hour or so. The man is so good to go. Indeed when youre on an endless two wheel journey around america you keep your own schedule. You have countless adventures along the way mike says biker gangs have towed him mountains but it was south dakota that made him nervous. All of a sudden im there in the middle of the road and surrounded by buffalo. I mean youre not buffalo. Im like what do you do . I really slowly creep up and literally nice buffalo, nice buffalo. According to twitter mike and bixby are in richmond tonight staying with new friends as they do in every town. You want to catch go to where is bixby. Com reach out hell hit you back, hey, he might even be sleeping on your couch in a week. True story. Hank flynn, fox 29 news. Returning home from more to battle homelessness. Theres a long list of reasons people may have trouble landing jobs. A local man has skills to make that easier. First though phone camera roles as arizona cop tries to arrest woman. What he does next has his department looking much closer at him. Now with tomorrows traffic heres bob kelly. Good evening, everybody. Get ready for work again tomorrow on the 95 ramps both princeton avenue and cottman avenue. That of course in addition to the construction between the betsy ross br