60 Minutes may be following up on its January segment on Wilmington. They had a producer here yesterday who witnessed the free lunch at the soup kitchen... Here's my story on the increase in soup kitchen attendance.
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Today’s story
Today's story of mine in the paper is called "Domestic and sexual assault victims struggle to find attorneys." Pretty self explanitory. It's a sad story. I don't have time to process the PDF for you this morning, but the piece had above-the-fold placement on page 1. Here's the link to the web treatment.
Uncle Sam, here’s $38.8 billion. I want $9.6 billion of that back.
Tuesday's paper headlined my story on two dentists indicted on tax fraud charges. (Here's the PDF, but it doesn't have all the content the web treatment does.) Sounds supremely boring, right? That is, until you slog through a dull-as-nails 29-page indictment. Then you find juicy tidbits, such as the following details that federal prosecutors allege: … Continue reading Uncle Sam, here’s $38.8 billion. I want $9.6 billion of that back.
DHL’s last sorting shift
Between 4 and 6 this morning, the DHL air park held its last shift of package-sorting in Wilmington, Ohio. It represents the conclusion of the largest single layoff in Ohio history. I covered it with two colleagues from the News Journal, as well as reporters from 60 Minutes, Dayton Daily News, and channels 7 and … Continue reading DHL’s last sorting shift
Story-version mixup and a possible exclusive
Because of a few mixups and misunderstandings by more than one person (not necessarily including myself), a prior-to-final version of my story headlined Tuesday's Wilmington News Journal. Needless to say, I like the final version much better (thanks to my editor's good suggestions), so I'm not even going to link to the printed version. Right … Continue reading Story-version mixup and a possible exclusive
Published!
The Lammers site pollution investigation has finally seen the light of day. Beavercreek is running it as a 3-part series on Thursdays, starting yesterday. Xenia, Fairborn and Bellbrook are running it as a 3-part series on Fridays starting today. Wilmington is running it as a 2-part series, today and Saturday. (Since this post was first … Continue reading Published!
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