I know of few professions where people actually call you and say things like, “Gosh, I don’t know what I’d do if you weren’t there…..”

It isn’t brain surgery or as vital as, say, police and fire officials, but radio DJs are obviously very important to a lot of people in their daily lives and I’ve found that’s even more true in smaller markets.

More than fifteen years later (twenty if you count college and part-time gigs) I still find what I do rewarding.

Just sayin’.

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A LaFollette City Police officer who recently resigned is the subject of an investgation involving sexual misconduct on the job. Jeremy Cross is being investigated by the TBI. From Katie Allsion Granju at WBIR-TV:

Cross was formerly a Scott County deputy and was a witness in the 2003 shooting death case of Sgt. Hubert “John-John” Yancey by his partner Marty Carson.

The allegations stem from a July 5th traffic stop. A female in the vehicle filed a complaint with the department alleging sexual misconduct by Cross during that stop. Officials are not providing any other details about the alleged incident.

Also from WBIR.com:

The investigation is continuing.

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I have it on good authority that the local (LaFollette) restaurant that quickly shut its doors and left town last week was closed because the franchise’s parent company was tipped off to very unsanitary conditions.

And it was only a happy accident that anyone found out at all.

As I understand it, a local police officer was on routine patrol during the overnight recently when the restaurant’s alarm sounded. The officer called the restaurant’s manager to the scene so the place could be opened up for inspection. What the officer found was not a burglar but shocking scenes of food (fish) laying about, blood dripping off the counter, cockroaches, etc.

Apparently, the manager was nonchalant about the whole thing. The officer took pictures and sent them not to the local health department but to the restaurant’s parent company in Nashville (hint, hint).

One day the place was open and serving customers and the next it was GONE. Signs, drive-thru menu and all. I think just the cockroaches are left.

Word has it a Japanese restaurant is going to move from its current location near St. Mary’s hospital in LaFollette and take over the newly departed eatery’s spot.

I suggest a demolition and a rebuilding from the ground up.

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An elderly neighbor of mine who lives in my apartment building has been dealing with quite a mess lately. A former neighbor allegedly stole checks from her and darn near cleaned out her account.

I’ve obtained the police report and according to LaFollette Police Department Detective Mike Starrett, 24–year–old Ashley B. Miller of LaFollette is charged with three counts of theft of property, three counts of forgery and one count of theft of over $500.

Det. Starrett states the defendant “removed three checks from the victim’s purse without permission. Also the defendant filled out and signed three checks without permission and cashed the checks for items at three locations in Campbell County: Wal-Mart, Marathon Gas and Food City.”

My neighbor told me she identified Ms. Miller from our local Food City’s video surveillance camera video.

Ashley Miller has a court date of July 25th in Campbell County General Sessions Court. And, by the way, authorities say this is not her first offense.

These stories really burn me up. The accused approached my neighbor under the guise of being in need of food. After being helped once, she returned at a later date and again asked for help. It was on one of these subsequent visits that Ms. Miller is alleged to have entered the victim’s bedroom and got a hold of her checkbook.

Ripping off the elderly ranks alongside child abuse as the lowest of the low. Taking advantage of a kind soul who only tried to help you should reserve you a special spot in Hell.

Or the local jail would do just fine.

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I went to bed last night feeling pretty confident that Josh Hamilton had the Home Run Derby all locked up after his historic 28 dingers in the opening round. Apparently he petered out during the final round against Justin Morneau, your eventual winner.

But what a show!

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I’m trying to determine which group has me shaking my head more this week: iPhone fanatics, villagers and tourists running with the bulls in Pamplona or my Baltimore Orioles.

iPhone… iPhone… iPhone… Enough!

I’m not sure if I’m just jealous because I don’t have disposable income to throw away on one or if I’m just not getting it. Didn’t you guys just shell out BIG BUCKS not that long ago for this thing? And they’ve suckered you into a new one that’s already having problems?

I thought technology was supposed to make life easier?

And with the cost of these things and the gotcha–by–the–throat ATT plan, don’t tell me there’s a recession. Something like the iPhone should be as easy to purchase, install and use as my SIRIUS satellite radio. And as affordable.

It’s like Pavlov’s dogs every time Apple or Microsoft rings the bell. Crazy.

In Spain, that would be loco, of course. In Pamplona, fools with death wishes are running down cobblestone streets with live bulls. The raw video I found on MSNBC is astonishing. In one shot, a man’s holding his little girl up on the fence along the street and not making much effort to move when the bull nears. People are crushed, gored, hurled in the air, stomped on and generally attacked by spooked cattle. And the casualty list is growing….

Two brothers from Ohio were gored simultaneously the other day.

Look Ma! I’m an idiot! (Photo by Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP)

Even psuedo–cowboy Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn had to get in on the act.

When I think of good times, nothing comes to mind quicker than a huge conglomeration of horns and cow flesh.

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Knoxville (via ESPN) makes its case as one of twenty finalists to be crowned Titletown, USA.

Later, Pat Summitt and Bruce Pearl were interviewed live on ESPN…

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I just finished the audio book version of Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up and in it he reveals how one particular show in Nashville (where he also did some studio recording thanks to his friend/manager Bill McEuen who also managed the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) was a crucial development in his burgeoning stand-up career in the early 1970s:

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