On Monday staff writer Bruce Rushton broke the story on illinoistimes.com that Vince DeMentri, anchor for WICS television news, had been involved in an election night bar fight at Hooters with Garrett Brnger, another reporter for the station. One of the combatants told police he had been bloodied when he fell from a barstool. Both men were subsequently dismissed from their employment at WICS. Of all the comments on the story posted at our website, we liked this one best: “The first and only rule of a news team fight is to not touch the hair.” IT cartoonist Chris Britt’s take is on page 4. –Fletcher Farrar, editor and publisher
This article appears in Mar 5-11, 2015.
