Deer Creek Middle School shooting strikes way too close to home

Journalists can write about many events dispassionately, but not all — and for me, there’s no chance in hell of tackling the topic of the shootings yesterday afternoon at Deer Creek High School with distanced objectivity. All three of my children attended Deer Creek. My twin daughters went through a…

That fireman who wants your drugs may not be a fireman

You’ve heard about goons who disguise themselves as police officers to make doing nasty business easier, right? Well, the men and women of the Westminster Fire Department are afraid someone with a taste for high-grade narcotics may try something similar while wearing stolen firefighters duds. The WFD reports that two…

Brian Bonsall’s latest mug shot gets a thumbs-down from TMZ

Former Family Ties cast member Brian Bonsall’s latest arrest would have made news even if he hadn’t claimed that the marijuana in his system during a positive drug test had been used for medicinal purposes (despite the fact that he doesn’t haven’t the required license). After all, his last booking…