| The Story | Bridgeport approves an $18 million bond package while Decatur voters face the same issue next weekend. |
| News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5) | ** |
| The Spin | Although
it was probably in poor taste for the town's population to point
towards Decatur and yell : "We've got spirit, yes we do, we got spirit,
what about you?" |
| The Story | Two juvenile girls go missing, possibly as runaways, while the father of one chooses not to alert authorities due to an outstanding hot check warrant he had. |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | You really didn't expect him to be willing to go to jail, did you? |
| The Story | A traffic stop nets 13 illegal immigrants including two hidden behind the seat of the truck cab. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | "We
heard Casa Torres was good, but we didn't know folks would go to those
lengths to sample a couple of enchiladas," said one fictitious Decatur
policeman. |
| The Story | Stephanie Mitchell, an African-American, basks in the glow of being named Decatur's Homecoming Queen last week. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | In
a related story, conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh resigned his
gig with the Kyle Story Coach's Radio Show after he said the Wise County Messenger "has been very desirous that a black Decatur Homecoming contestant do well." |
| The Story |
The Decatur
airport manager and an airport board member have words in what would
otherwise be a boring meeting. "It is your [the airport manager's] job
to go out and meet visitors and promote Decatur," the board member
said. He added that it was not the Manager's job to "play video games and watch television." |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | He thought about being involved in Baggage Claim but it really wasn't enough to keep him busy. |
| The Story |
The local
Democrats bash Republicans at a barbecue in Greenwood. Representative
Lon Burnam of Fort Worth noted that "Republicans have totally taken
over the Texas Government" for the first time since Reconstruction. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | Now how in the heck did they do that? |
| The Story | Headline: "Fatal glider accident blamed on 'failure to maintain airspeed'" |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Yep, that'll do it. |