If we are going to report local news of no national or even regional significance, then I caught two trout this morning, including a 23 inch brown beauty (which is about to become dinner).
Did you miss the point that the FR writer was at the scene? That gives it more context.
Personal information on local stories, many times which become national stories, along with the context the poster provides is what makes this site so great. Please don’t denigrate it.
In medical news doctors have discovered someone who manages to live without a heart and somehow posts on Free Republic.
Goes by the name “Labryinthos”.