Wagon recovered from Del Lobo gang
By Jose Chavez
A freelancer working in New Austin managed to recover a stolen wagon. The wagon belonged to Drew MacFarlane and had contained various goods produced at their farm. The wagon was stolen not long after it left the ranch by outlaws wielding rifles. Mr MacFarlane hired a freelancer to looking the theft. That freelancer not only tracked the stolen wagon south but managed to recover the wagon.

“It was the Del Lobo gang, but they looked pretty bad,” the freelance gunslinger said, “they appeared to not have eaten in days and their weapons were rusty and misfiring.” Just months ago the gang was found to be in possession of military grade equipment but now seem to barely be able maintain their firearms in working order. Though this seems that the federal government’s push to stop weapons coming over the southern border, state officials say the Del Lobo are still a dangerous gang and should not be taken lightly.

Senator denies reports of wrong doing
By Jane Duran
Senator Roscoe Brody of Ambarino was denied the allegations that the Colter revitalization project is a kickback for his allies. The three investors have so far remained unnamed in documents I obtained. Further, according to a source involved in the project, these investors have been specifically identified by Senator Brody as core investors, despite their investments being much smaller than other partners. Senator Brody denies this as well, saying there are no core investors. “This is a project for all Ambarinos, and indeed, for everyone in the Five States,” Senator Brody said, “I deny these allegations completely.” At least one US Senator is calling for an ethics hearing to determine if the allegations have merit.

Barber spends day grooming the men of Blackwater
By Odell Clifton
It was a Sunday afternoon and the Blackwater barber said he must have groomed over two dozen men. “Many came and sat right there in that there chair you are in now,” he told me, me agreeing to a shave being a perquisite for my interviewing him, “let me tell them a story, but what else could they do, while I took care of them.” The barber’s skills have provided the men of Blackwater clean shaves for years. “I cut hair too, you know? for the ladies,” he said with a laugh as he wiped the shaving foam and my now shaved facial hair off his blade, “anyone can sit in that chair and be served here.” As he finished he wiped down any remaining foam from my face and I must say, it a refreshing experience. He recommended a relaxing drink at the saloon, but instead I rode home to write this article.

State senator looking to protect eagle population
By Van R. Seldon
New Hanover State Senator Morris Miller introduced a bill that would ban both the hunting of eagles as well as the harvesting of any eagle parts. Senator Miller has been interested in protecting eagles in the state of New Hanover for at least year, remarking on their beauty. Just this week on the senate floor he argued, “very soon, eagles will be extinct because we find something beautiful and we make it ours and destroy it in the process.” Senator Miller explained that harvesting any eagle part had to be illegal to avoid hunters claiming they are just scavenging. The bill is supported by several Indian tribes as well as naturalists. The bill faces stiff resistance and not from where you might expect. Development companies, including railroad and freight companies, have come out aggressively against the bill. They claim the bill is not about protecting eagles, but making further development impossible. “If Miller has his way, he’d be able to fine us for knocking over a tree and accidentally destroying an eagle next,” said one critic of the bill, “he wants to fine us not just for each eagle, but for every feather and potential feather, until we can’t develop this nation.”

Senator Miller has clarified that his bill does not go that far. “The fines do exist and we do fine for individual parts in some circumstances,” Senator Miller said, “but we are not seeking to stop all development, just work within nature instead of against it.” Few state senators have aligned with the bill and it is expected to fail in the senate and likely not be taken up in the general assembly at all.

Automobile driven in Saint Denis is tipped over by unidentified assailants
By Aloysius Levron
In an effort to push his agenda of turning Saint Denis into a motor vehicle city, Kit ‘Pistol’ Pickett drove his personal motor vehicle around Saint Denis. The vehicle was said to be very loud and very slow. “That gentleman looked, well, I guess bouncy is the word,” said one witness, “yes, bouncy, they drove around just bouncing up and down… did not look comfortable.” Many decried Mr. Pickett, yelling at him for blocking the road. “We got many reports about the motorized vehicle,” said one policeman, “but there are not laws against the driving of, that kind of vehicle and so far as we could gather, nobody had been harmed.” No reports of injuries were made but there were several complaints of Mr. Pickett blocking the road with his car and then giving a speech to his captive audience.

Eventually, three men described as “burly, hardy type folks” by one witness assaulted the vehicle. Without warning the three men allegedely grabbed the side of the vehicle and lifted. Mr. Pickett was still in the vehicle at the time and frantically jumped out just as one side of the vehicle was lifted off the ground. A moment later the three men finished pushing the vehicle and tipped it over, leaving it lying on its side. The men left by the time police responded. Mr. Pickett claims he was targeted by the trolley car industry but had no evidence to support his claim.

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