"Crime Times"... Va. Senate Results... Online Voting?... Here's Your Mule... Expanding Universe
By Bob Leweke • Nov 6, 2015
Arrested? Your mugshot may get published. Want to get it out of publication? Pay a hefty fee to the publisher. And that's perfectly legal, if not entirely ethical, under the First Amendment and the Freedom of Information Act. Kara Lofton reports on "Crime Times".... We also look at why there was NO change in state senate seats this election season, and how online voting might help raise turnout. Plus, The Spark (with mule thoughts and mule body language), and Our Island Universe looks at our ever-expanding universe.
"Crime Times": Press Freedom, or Elaborate Shakedown?
By Kara Lofton • Nov 4, 2015
Kara Lofton
Have you ever walked into a gas station or convenience store and seen the newspaper with row after row of mug shots? In central and western Virginia that paper is called Crime Times U.S.A., but there are variations on the theme all across the country. WMRA's Kara Lofton talked with Crime Times owner Brad McMurray, and with one of the men who have appeared in the paper, to discuss its controversial business model.