Wise County on the Web

A tongue in cheek review of the news published this week regarding Wise County.
Normally posted every Sunday before 10:00 p.m. unless I'm lazy.
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For the week ending 8/30/08
This Week's Overall News Theme: Chips and Salsa Humor

The Story	The Wise County SWAT team (we have one?) arrests some spare guy for a third degree felony.
)News worthiness (1 to 5)	**
The Spin	"Kiss the hood, punk! I said, kiss the hood! Hey, anybody up for Casa Torres?"

The Story
News worthiness	*
The Spin	Granger to Mayors: "Yeah, ok. I'll write that down. Hey, anybody up for Casa Torres?"

The Story	The old Decatur Police Station is torn down after officers take one last tour.
News worthiness	*******
The Spin	"Hey, Chief Hoskins, you up for Casa Torres? Rex? Rex? Anybody seen Rex? Oh, no!"

The Story	Messenger reporter Chris Butler writes the cutest little story about the cutest little cat accidentally catching a ride to Roanoke in the hood of his car. He turned the kitten over to Roanoke animal control for safe keeping. He even named the kitten "Lucky." Awwwww.
News worthiness	********
The Spin	(Mouth open. Staring at screen.)

The Story
News worthiness	*******
The Spin	"Might I remind you that Devon's profit for the second quarter was $1.3 billion?" a fake Hernandez said. "In California we call this 'civil disobedience'. I can't help it if you rednecks erroneously refer to as 'a crime'. But, man, I'm hungry for some Casa Torres."

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