| The Story | Rumors fly about the potential
reassignment of DHS principal Melinda Reeves but the school board takes
no action. This led to a Messenger headline
of "Reeves Still DHS Principal." |
| News worthiness (1 to 5) |
*** |
| The Spin | That's not a headline you
exactly want to read about your job. |
| The Story | The Messenger's Roy Eaton fires off
some hot
sports opinions about the secrecy of the DISD school board who tend
to utilize "executive session" a bit too often. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Now that's good stuff. For the life of me, I don't know why the Messenger does this so infrequently - we are normally bored to death by some syndicated columnist like Dave McNeely. |
| The Story | Road construction crews break a
water line on Friday in Decatur threatening to make the city dry. City
officials urges water conservation. |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | Baptists use this opportunity to
break out the wine and liquor. |
| The Story | The City of Decatur has a record
year in sales tax revenues raking in $3,159,793 in 2006. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | For the love of all things
good and pure, please spend some on street repaving. |
| The Story |
The Wise Regional Health
Foundation begins promoting its "Wise Night In Vegas" New Year's Eve
party including ads and billboards. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | But this early draft was shocking. |
