| The Story | The Ice Man Cometh causing the the roof on the IGA in Boyd ("the town's only grocery store") to collapse. |
| News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5) | **** |
| The Spin | Walmart immediately tries to capitalize on the tragedy with ads reading: "Our prices are falling faster than an IGA roof." |
| The Story | Charles Anthony Haley, 29, of Boyd is charged with attempted capital murder after allegedly firing a "large caliber weapon" in the direction of a Wise County Sheriff's deputy. Bond was set at over $200,000. |
| News worthiness | **** |
| The Spin | "Can I at least have my Soldier of Fortune mail order catalog so I can finish my Christmas shopping?" |
| The Story | Decatur ISD announces that its bank account now holds over $2 million - "up almost $1 million since last year". The school superintendent "expected [the increase] to take almost five years." |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | We've got a heck of credit card bill out here, so can we have our homestead exemption back? |
| The Story | Local officials search for a group of rabid puppies that are believed to be in the county. "Rabies is most often transmitted by bites, but transmission can also occur in other ways that allow saliva from an infected animal to enter a person's body," said Monty Fitzgerald. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Reason number 1,342 to not be overly affectionate with a dog. |
| The Story | Decatur Community Hospital changes its name to Wise Regional Health System. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | The alternative name of "We're a Hospital in Decatur But We Want To Sound Like We Are Not in Decatur" was a close second. |
