Archive for the ‘Why I Love Local News’ Category
Why I Love Local News: Bomb squad blows up stuffed pony
Click the cuddly pony to watch it go boom (msnbc.com).
Full story (WKMG-TV of Orlando, Fla.)
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Why I Love Local News: 300-lb. suspect steals Waffle House cash register
Employees say the 300-pound man came into the restaurant on Pendleton Pike around 1:30 am Tuesday, pointed a gun and demanded they open the cash register. When employees couldn’t get it open, the man grabbed the cash register and fled in a car.
Full story (WTHR-TV of Indianapolis)
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Great Moments in Education: Milwaukee teachers fight for Viagra coverage
The filing is the latest in a two-year legal campaign in which the union has argued, so far unsuccessfully, that the board’s policy of excluding erectile dysfunction drugs discriminates against male employees.
Full story (AP via WTMJ of Milwaukee)
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Edukashun, edukashun, edukashun
Newly painted outside Southern Guilford High School in Guilford County, N.C. (via WXII-TV of Winston-Salem)
By Bill O'Neil
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Why I Love Local News: Naked CSI impersonator arrested in Boise
A naked man who claimed to be a crime scene investigator was arrested Monday afternoon after trying to wrap himself in a tarp and refusing to cooperate with police.
… A backpack and pair of shoes belonging to Rose was found at the scene, but no clothes.
Full story (AP via KPTV of Boise, Idaho)
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Why I Love Local News: Crime Victim: ‘My Toes Came in Handy’
Amy Windom of Grant Park said she’s grateful to be alive after using her toes to type a computer message to her boyfriend telling him she was tied up by a masked intruder early Tuesday morning.
“I dragged my laptop over with my feet and pried it open. It took awhile to get Ctrl, Alt, Delete,” Windom said. “I managed to use one toe as a mouse. With the other foot, I had the end of the power cord in between my toes because that was the smallest part. My big toe was too big to hit the keys.”
Full story (WXIA-TV of Atlanta)
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Why I Love Local News: Lee County woman finds gas tank filled with condoms
Erin Green of the 11000 block of Corinne Lee Court, Fort Myers, on Tuesday told Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputies she tried to start the car on July 30 and “the car was extremely sluggish and ran horribly.”
Full story (Naples, Fla., Daily News)
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Why I Love Local News: High School Cheerleader Tackles Thief
“I was in a strapless dress, yes.”
Full story, with video (KTVM-TV of Butte, Mont.)
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Dumb Crook News: Police: Woman Uses Granddaughter For Walmart Shoplifting Scheme, Leaves Her in Store
“Police said Weimer walked through the aisles around noon on Wednesday and took things off the shelves and made her granddaughter carry them. When the two left the store, they were stopped by an employee. That’s when investigators said Weimer told the employee that she didn’t know who the girl was, then got in her car and took off.”
Full story (WPXI-TV of Pittsburgh)
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Why I Love Local News: No more debating in your underwear
The days when a citizen could address the Boulder City Council wearing only underwear may be over.
Full story (AP via KKCO-TV of Grand Junction, Colo.)
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