The following writing samples were written between 2018 and 2020 as assignments for a college news writing classes.

Break-in at Local Business
A break-in occurred Friday night at a business located in Cumberland, Maryland. When the Cumberland City Police arrived on scene, officers found that store employees had detained the subject. The suspect has been identified as 30-year-old Paul Robert Goetz, who is a native of the area.

When the police questioned store employees, they claimed that Goetz attempted to leave the business and had concealed various items. When asked at a later time, Goetz admitted to taking the items. Goetz was arrested with the charge, theft under $100. Goetz was released on bail and is awaiting trial in the District court.
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Hawaii: False Missle Threat
Hawaiians were ripped out of their morning routines around 8 a.m. Saturday morning, when they received a text message that read: “BALLISTIC MISSLE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” Many people immediately went into panic mode and thought of a quick plan to get them and their loved ones into a safe place.

This alert turned out to be false, the alert was sent out during a shift change when an unnamed employee activated the live alert button at the state’s Emergency Management Agency. Ten minutes after the alert was sent out, the Emergency Management Agency had tweeted that it was a false alarm, but only a few people had gotten the notice. Forty minutes after the alert was sent out, then they sent out a text reading stating that it was a false alarm.

The Emergency Management Agency had accepted a resignation from the agency’s administrator, Vern Miyagi, who claimed responsibility for letting the false alert happen. The status of the employee who set off the alarm is unknown at this time, but the public assured that he will at least be reassigned to a different department, if not fired or forced to resign.
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History Encampment Event at Penn State Altoona
For Immediate Release

The eighth annual history encampment is being held on April 14, 2018 at Penn State Altoona from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. outside of the Hawthorn Building The event is free and open to the public. The event is being hosted by The Penn State Altoona History Program and History Society.

The event will include reenactors and artifacts from the Revolution to the present. Reenactors will be conducting informal classes throughout the day. For more information, please contact John Doe at 814-555-5555.
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Lindsey Vonn Potentially Retiring
Olympic Skier, Lindsey Vonn, may be ending her career after this year’s Pyeong Chang Winter Olympic Games. The reason that she is ending her career, is due to “devastating injuries.” She has had more than a few reconstructive surgeries throughout the past few years. “I’m just counting on some ‘medical miracles’ to extend my career.” Vonn said in response to the situation. Broken bones are not the only thing skiers have seen this season; two elite skiers have also lost their lives in the process, two-time Olympian David Poisson and German Teenager Max Burkhart.

Vonn hopes to continue skiing but knows unless she is able to get a “Robo-knww,” it will be highly unlikely. She mentions, “if I could physically continue skiing, then I absolutely will, but at this point it takes a lot to make my knee good enough to ski downhill, it has to be pretty solid to push yourself at these speeds and be able to trust it.”
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Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/winter-olympics/vonn-i-need-medical-miracles-to-extend-career/ar-BBJIZKo?ocid=wo2018&li=BBFYokt
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