Stories from Monday, August 18, 2014

Last week I had someone bring me a check they got in the mail. This person believed the check to be suspicious because it came with a letter saying they had "won" the money and all they needed to do was deposit the check in the bank and then call to "activate" the check. Sounds too good to be true, right?...

The car went whizzing past, not slowing down to notice the children lined up on the sidewalk waiting for the school bus. It didn't seem to matter it was a residential district -- a neighborhood -- where children congregate each morning waiting for their ride to school and arrive back at the same point in the afternoon after a full day of school...

Hi neighbors. From the news it appears the racism riots of the 60s have returned. I will only touch briefly on the matter of a young man of 18 being shot by police in St. Louis. I don't feel I know enough about the situation to comment in detail. My main concern was why was the man shot? Was he committing a crime? Did it appear to the police that he was carrying or drawing a weapon?...