| The Story | A Sunset family appears on the ABC
show "Wife Swap" as we get to see
four hellion boys - with bonus clips of one of the boys eating with the
dogs and the oldest son kneeing his father in the crotch. |
| )News worthiness (1 to 5) |
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| The Spin | I never thought I'd rather go to the Swap Meet than watch Wife Swap. |
| The Story |
D.A. Sharpe writes an interesting
editorial piece about how a move of
the Texas primary election date to February could effect current
office-holders who wish to seek other office. |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | Amazingly, he didn't say the obvious: If the law passes, County Attorney Greg Lowery would have to resign his post in October if he wishes to run for district attorney. |
| The Story | A member of the Wise County
Domestic Violence Task Force writes a
Letter to the Editor after seeing a car swerve to run over a turtle on
a country road. "I wonder how long before his name comes across
my
desk as an abuser," the letter said. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | "If you run over a turtle, you'll definitely biotch slap your wife. Science has proven that. And turtle abuse has gone on a lot longer. That's why they have those shells to protect themselves," the organization said in a fake press release |
| The Story | Ten pounds of marijuana are found
in a home in Newark by law enforcement during a search for unrelated
items. |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | More interesting news: Ten pounds
of marijuana not being found
in a Newark home during a search. |
| The Story | The Wise County Commissioners will
discuss on Monday, but will not be able to enact, any
"ordinance" or law to restrict where any of the 110 registered sex
offenders in the county can live. Home rule cities can apparently
create such restrictions, but not counties. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | "We
kinda wanted to put 'em all out in Boonsville. I actually think the
Constitution says that's OK. At least I didn't see anything in the
Constitution saying we can't do that. Heck, Boonsville is not even
mentioned in there," said one disappointed Wise County official. |