Hyde's One Stop burns
About 80 percent of Hyde’s One stop was destroyed in the middle of the night, April 2.
Jamie Hyde, 48, said he received a 1 a.m. emergency call from his security company.
“They said back door alarm was activated,” Hyde said, standing outside of his shell of a store. “I thought somebody was breaking in.”
Instead, Hyde would learn, the business he had owned since 2003 was up in flames. An electrical short in an exhaust fan had taken it almost all away.
Today all that’s left standing is the outside wall. Also, his gas tanks were untouched. All of his utilities are down.
But for a guy who just lost his business – temporarily – he’s positive about the future.
“It’s going to be better than it was,” Hyde said.Read complete story
Grant Parish arrests
Arrests made by Grant Parish law enforcement agencies, April 6, through April 13, 2009. Read complete story
Sam Bramer - Columnist: "By the curbside, looking in"
The original tea party, the Boston Tea Party, was a protest to a specific tax on colonist and a protest of the way the British government viewed the colonists. It was also one in a series of events that eventually led to the American Revolution and the birth of the United States. At the time I am writing this there are “Tea Parties” planned all over the country for April 15th. When you read this they will have already happened. Read complete story
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