| The Story | The county prepares to spend $6 to $10 million for a jail expansion. |
| News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5) | **** |
| The Spin | Wouldn't it be interesting to know how many are prisoners due to the War on Drugs? How many are awaiting trial because they can't afford bond? How many are awaiting transfer to TDC? Just curious. |
| The Story | The FBI flexes its federal muscles by investigating Home Hospice of North Texas in Decatur. "[W]itnesses . . . reported seeing people in bullet-proof vest loading computer hard drives into a truck." |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | "Things are just so slow since the Branch Davidian screw up that we have to break out those vests every chance we get." |
| The Story | State Senator Greg Estes introduces a bill to make it easier to buy a mobile home. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Future opponents are already working on their campaign literature: "Craig Estes claims to be a Republican. Yet he backed a bill to help those that want to buy a mobile home. Ask yourself:"What would George W. Bush do?" |
| The Story | Messenger Sports Editor Mitch Word calls it quits and heads to West Texas. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Mitch was always frustrating because he would never make a comment that was "spin-worthy" despite producing thousands of line of print. Please let his replacement be a shock jock. |
| The Story | Devon Energy announces that the Barnett Shale is its largest producing gas field in Wise County. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Although the company is exploring a potential new field called the Baghdad Shale. |