Similar to what I did last year when my wife was first asked to keep track of what she was watching for Neilsen ratings, I was bored Saturday afternoon and decided to list the TV shows I watch regularly. Naturally, I then decided to share it on the blog because I share too much. People [...]

- Here is a photo of the Western-type nickle-plated .44-caliber single action pistol with a six-inch barrel and white pearl handles authorities say was used to shot at deputies earlier this week. The handcannon was turned in to the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office by a family member of the accused Wednesday. Luther Ray Simpson has been charged with two counts [...]

- The Sonic Drive-Thru armed robbery suspect I reported on last week was apprehended by JPD Monday. James Lee Woodard: -The Onslow County man accused of shooting his wife and shooting at deputies in their cruiser turned himself in to authorities early Tuesday morning. No this is not a giant chocolate doughnut; its a Mike [...]

For the last several days, Off the Cuff and my business email account have been super spammed by some idiot with just enough computer knowledge to launch an all-out spam assault on the blog and a fire off a barrage of virus-laced emails, but so stupid he left his own email at the root of it all. The same person [...]

A lot, I mean a lot, has happened in the last several days. Here is a run down of several loose ends and updates to stories and cases I have covered in the newspaper or on the blog: - A Sampson County man who killed his family will spend the rest of his life in prison now [...]

I remember when I was a child every Mother’s Day we wore a pink carnation corsage to church. Pink meant your mother was alive while white meant your mother had passed away. I don’t know whether the three children of murdered mother Irene Bennett are church goers, but if they are, they will have been wearing white [...]

- Two sources close to the family of a man accsued of burning his baby’s foot tell me the mother of the child was out of the house, briefly, when the incident occured. Read that story here. – The publisher of The Daily News, my boss, was charged with driving while impaired Thursday morning. Read that [...]

- One of the longest criminal trials in Wake County history is coming to a close. In a case I mentioned on the blog from time to time since 2008, Cary resident Brad Cooper is accused of killing his wife he said went out for a jog. Read the updated news here. – I have it [...]

I had no way of knowing that when City Editor Timmi Tolar called me at around 7 p.m. Sunday asking about Camp Lejeune stepping up security that it meant U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden. Read the updates and news here. I don’t call Bin Laden a bastard because he was ideologically, theologically, politically, [...]