Current Events

mancila60

I liked this idea when we did it last week and I thought this would make a great weekly post. So what is going on in your city, county, or state?

Melissa51212

Despite Philadelphia rep, where I work is actually a really nice part of Philadelphia and its a very safe but on Monday an off duty copy got jumped and stabbed on his jog by two crack heads. They are still looking for the guys. Our campus was obviously pretty on edge thanks to it happening only a block away. I am sure they will get them soon since it was a cop.  SO that is our big news! 

vineyard12

I didn't get a chance to watch the local news last night because of my stupid commute, but there was a primary for the special election yesterday. The state is voting on a new senator, since John Kerry is now Secretary of State. I haven't any idea who is running. I know the Republican is a former Navy SEAL. That's all I know. I think this election kind of took a back seat since the bombings.

mancila60

So in high school we had lots of bomb threats called into the school and honestly it was super stupid but most of us have just always blown off these type of things. And of course now things are different but I saw on the news last night that a town about 15 min away had our military bomb squad called out there. I technically live in a military town but you wouldn't know it since our city is pretty big. However this is an air force base and I say that because in the list of major military bases in the country I believe ours is ranked top 5 (after 9/11 the President came here to be safe.) Anyways so obviously the bomb squad being called was a huge deal.

So the "bomb" was a pressure cooker located outside of a gas station by the dumpster. They found it was just full of old grease that someone was trying to throw away. Glad it was nothing serious but still a little crazyness going on here!

mildlymailyn

I live in Ohio and one of our major stories, ongoing, is the Steubenville rape case. It is terrible and sad story. I girl was passed out at a party (15) and she was raped by two boys. It is terrible.

leopardgurl831

Last Friday there was a teenage boy hit by a train walking home from school on the train tracks.  Most the news they show seems to be national.

kushie77

We have a story about a woman arrested for being caught on a live stream webcam abusing her 96yo mother who has Alzheimer's.

bpphoto785

We don't have a news outlet in our town, we get our news from Albany NY or Springfield MA. 

In an Albany suburb two ice cream truck companies have a rivalry going on which escalated today with arrests and one driver yelling to another "This is my town!" The two companies are Mr. Ding-a-Ling and Sno Cone Joe. The reporter even made some Ding-a-Ling jokes in this news clip: http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3018044.shtml