| The Story | The County Commissioners finally settle on where to redraw the precinct boundary lines in order to bring the districts in line with the most recent census. |
| News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5) | ** |
| The Spin | The Spin doesn't know much about politics, but whether a commissioner voted to accept the new boundary line seems to be directly proportionate to the chances of him winning in the next election - And we really don't have any problem with that. |
| The Story | The roof of the Highway 51 branch of the Decatur Bank catches fire. |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | Is this God's way of showing his disapproval of the recent sale of the locally owned bank to big conglomerate First State Bank of Denton? Coincidence? We think not. |
| The Story | An 18 wheeler crashes through an Aurora home. Oddly, the first person to call 911 was Fort Worth resident Greg Frausto who "in 1995, . . . was awarded the Carnegie Medal for helping a woman in Runaway Bay who was being assaulted by an armed ex-boyfriend." |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Does this guy have any subliminal desire to become one of the Super Friends as super-hero "IAlwaysFindMyselfHangingAroundTroubleInWiseCounty Man"? |
| The Story | The Wise County Domestic Task Force goes on the hook for a 4,000 square foot shelter at a cost of $88,000 over ten years. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | Didn't we just see a story a couple of weeks ago about the Task Force having financial difficulties? |
| The Story | A four person student group from Harvard releases the results of their study on how Wise County should prepare for growth. Part of the report stated "Manufactured housing constitutes a problem that goes beyond aesthetics or stereotypes about their buyers." |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | We wonder just how many trailer homes are in Cambridge, Massachusetts? (The two students that appeared Friday in Decatur in support of their report were Kavitha Salveraj and Eun-Sang Jeong. The Spin has yet to confirm rumors they were spotted at Wal-Mart earlier this week buying a "I'm With Stupid -->" T-shirt). |