'Mercy' tagged posts

His Dead Son Is Alive

LightGrams June 29, 2017 Volume 21, Number 22 Frank Kerrigan had two phone calls in May that he’ll never forget.  The first was with the Orange County (CA) Coroner’s Department.  In that call he learned that a man’s body had been found behind a store in Fountain Valley.  The body, he was told, was that…

Getting Their Just Deserts

LightGrams June 8, 2017 Volume 21, Number 20 If you’re thinking, as you read the title of this article, that I’ve misspelled a word, I totally understand. But I’ve learned a lesson after reading a news item this morning. Maybe three teenagers learned a more valuable lesson, though. The news story came from Edina, Minnesota…

Haunted By Garbage

LightGrams February 23, 2017 Volume 21, Number 8 Connor Cox is like any other college student who lives away from home.  When a package arrives in the mail, he’s eager to get into it.  One of the two packages he received the other day at Westminster College (New Wilmington, PA) was what he hoped it…

Pay $14 Billion And Go Home

LightGrams February 16, 2017 Volume 21, Number 7 Claudia Brown is relatively new in her position as Justice of the Peace in Bell County, Texas.  When a man was recently brought before her to be charged with first degree murder, she first set his bell at $100,000.  He had willingly turned himself in, she reasoned,…

Gimme A Break!

LightGrams November 10, 2016 Volume 20, Number 36 For years the Hershey Company has used a simple jingle to advertise their Kit Kat candy bars: “Gimme a break …”  (You can easily find the tune on YouTube if you’re not familiar with it.)  A few days ago that message took on a deeper meaning. Hunter…