Articles from the January 19, 2012 edition

Jillian Beaudry, The Times|Jan 19, 2012

DAYTON - This journey seemed simple enough. I found an interesting piece of information on the Columbia County website about its jail. Not only is it in the longest-operating courthouse in the state and turning 125-years-old in 2012, but the jail cells in the basement are from the brig of a ship. This is the way many great newspaper feature stories begin. We take a tidbit of interesting or weird information and we expand on it. And as journalists work, we ask for help all the time. We need help...