Sounds like Skaneateles, New York, where most of the "news" was nasty gossip about someone or the latest rumour about 50 "card-carrying communists" infiltrating the House of Representatives and/or the Senate and/or the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

But one time they really did get some news there. A few Hells Angels came through town, stopped on Main Street, and got into an altercation with the local jerk kids who used to hang out downtown looking for excitement (and seldom finding it). The Angels got mad and wrecked a bit of public property and generally cleared the street, as the terrified citizenry hid behind their locked doors. The one cop in town could NOT be found by anyone. He had mysteriously disappeared...for about 3 hours. The Angels soon left, but yelled as they were leaving that they would be back "next year" with their whole club to "finish the job".

Sadly, they did not come. Too bad. That town needed a good wake-up call, as far as I was concerned. :-) It was time they found out who the real enemy was...

- LH