Posts Tagged ‘local-news’
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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Cops Blotter of the Day: Driver suspected of being drunk on vanilla extract
According to this arrest record, Moss’s speech was slurred and her thoughts fragmented. The arresting officer spotted a partially empty bottle of vanilla extract in the front seat and smelled a strong odor of what appeared to be vanilla on Moss’s breath.
Full story (NBC News Channel)
Why I Love Local News: Writers Who Are Too Young Dept.
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Steve Conway, who had been working on the budget since the winter coat days, wore a sears sucker suit, as he carried out the finished budget in a big cardboard box.
Why I Love Local News: Wacky Germans edition
A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria when he ‘mooned’ a group of Hell’s Angels, hurled a puppy at them and then escaped on a bulldozer.
You, too, can live through a plane crash!
The Washington Post has amazing video of the vintage plane that tipped over on landing at Washington Dulles International Airport — thanks to its passenger, a Washington Post reporter who was in the plane and wearing a headcam.
No one was injured.
Cops Blotter of the Day: … Or are you just happy to see me?
Questionable actions: 1:16 p.m., 300 Parkplace Center. A massage customer contacted Kirkland Police and notified them that while receiving a foot and neck massage she thought she felt the masseur’s erection on her back and shoulders. The customer told police that she felt uncomfortable and left the premises. The masseur was contacted by police and denied having an erection or any sexual contact with the customer but did have a large wallet in his front pocket.
Kirkland (Wash.) Reporter
Alex Johnson - Journalist at Large 