blotter
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He grew up in Latrobe, Penn., and got his start in journalism writing the police blotter for his local paper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Meneley’s shooting is the first shooting by SPD officers in eight months and the first fatal one in 23 months, the blotter post says.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
This arrangement—the “four-way”—would recur throughout the history of blotter.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2024
Privileged Rockridge hardly seems the sort of neighborhood that would generate grist for the crime blotter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
She crumpled her pretend invitation to Simon and put a fresh sheet of paper on the blotter.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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