Posts Tagged ‘local-news’
Why I Love Local News: Background Check? Remember Your Reefer!
“Lawson was going into the jail to pick up her criminal background check for a new job, and deputies found the dope when her purse was searched.”
Full story (WALB-TV of Albany, Ga.)
Why I Love Local News: Size-D Implants Saved Woman’s Life
She survived a gunshot to the chest, but the bullet left a scar and deflated the implant.
Full story (KNBC-TV of Los Angeles)
Why I Love Local News: Mom Finds Snake Head in Frozen Green Beans
Why I Love Local News: Man’s Dog Turns Him In to Police
Today’s Sports Report
Worst or Best Obit Ever?
I’ve confirmed through archives (see photo) that this really did run in the Vallejo Times-Herald, although the original is no longer online.
Why I Love Local News: Man Offered to Pave Driveway for Sex (Three Names Dept.)
“Investigators said 24-year-old Billie Bobbie Harrison, of Winston-Salem, and another man drove up to the woman’s Chesnee home to solicit work on Tuesday.”
Full story (WXII-TV)
Why I Love Local News: Police Arrest Woman Covered in Jell-O, Drunk
Police Blotter of the Day (Dumb Criminal Dept.)
“A note was left behind during the robbery. Dunlap said when the note was examined it was determined the paper had been torn from a Texas Department of Criminal Justice instruction sheet and the sheet included Hall’s TDCJ inmate number.” (h/t to Dave Barry)
Full story (KTRK-TV)
Alex Johnson - Journalist at Large 