Growing in Grays Harbor

Meet Ken Miller, 78, of Grays Harbor City. UPDATE: Here’s the story.
I just wrote a 65-ish inch story about a Ken’s garden. To be honest, I didn’t know if I could make gardening interesting for that long, but I think it turned out okay.
Here’s a sneak peek at this Sunday’s Profile piece:
BY JACOB JONES
The Daily [...]

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A classic, 4-cylinder Indian

UPDATE: Here’s the story. Thanks, Spud.
I went to a motorcycle rally in Ocean Shores today with one goal — see an Indian motorcycle.
Okay, two goals. I also had to write a news story or something. But I got to see this 1932 original condition Indian motorcycle, which was pretty outstanding.
I’ll probably post that story thing [...]

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We have blog

The Daily World has now launched the closest thing it has ever had to a blog. It’s not as truly bloggy as I would like, but I’m working with what I have.
This is the first post, which just sort of explains what we’re doing with the public safety breaking news blog format and provides some [...]

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JailFail

I thought some of you (Tor) might appreciate the offense this guy was booked into County Jail on Saturday morning. You can’t do that.

Booked

Statute:

46.61.020 – Refuse To Give Info/Cooperate

7/26/2008 03:30

Offense:

FAIL – Fail to Cooperate With LEO

Arrest Type:

CIT

Charging Agency:

WSPH-Washington State Patrol-Hoq

Court:

DC1-Grays Harbor District Court 1

Cause No:

C682405

Bail Amount:

$250.00

Disposition:

PA-Pre-Arraignment

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A final verdict

Like I said yesterday, the jury found Jerry Chase, right, guilty of second-degree murder after about an hour. Here’s the story.
Jerry L. Chase killed his friend, Jonathan Dodds. He killed his “brother.”

So decided a 12-person jury Thursday morning after about an hour of deliberation in Chase’s second-degree murder trial. He was accused of brutally beating [...]

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A week of murder

That’s what I’ve been dealing with all week: Murder.
A trial, to be more specific, for Jerry L. Chase. Three days of witnesses, body injuries and theories.
For the record: He was found guilty this morning.
Here are my stories from yesterday and today:
· Day One ·
· Day Two ·
Check back tomorrow for our epic finale.

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A brick with my name on it

A brick with my name on it, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.
I finally got a huge brick of business cards today. Nice.

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Also known as

Also known as, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.
This guy has quite a few aliases, according to his court file. Seems like a lot of work.

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No laughing matter

My quick scanner reference about a drunk guy in Hoquiam bleeding from his face actually turned into a short story:
Man says he was beaten by hitch-hiker
Hoquiam Police are looking for a 52-year-old Ocean Shores hitch-hiker who allegedly beat another man, striking him with a whiskey bottle, as they sat in a Hoquiam parking lot.
Police responded [...]

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Welcome back to the writing world

Liz Lawyer makes a triumphant return to the world of daily newspaper journalism with one of her first bylines at the Ithaca Journal.
Bring on the Cornell impact statement story.

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