Since it’s the end of the year, the internet feels compelled to offer nothing more than top 10 or 20 or 50 lists of things that happened this year. And with it being the end of a decade, that listing fad is taking off even further. So go back and watch all your Meatspins, and your 2 Girls and their cup, and your Leroy Jenkins all over again. I’m falling prey to the fad myself though.

And so here we are, with the top local news stories of 2009. Our buddy Cameron Pack who is a local UFO investigator makes an appearance in the story about the smoke ring over King’s Dominion. We’ve linked to plenty of these before, but many I had not seen before today. The magical broom, the Michael Jackson face in a tree stump, and the Rodney Stanger mugshot are all HIGHLY recommended by me. Oh yeah, and the lovely squirrel with the yogurt cup on its head.

Yup…yogurt. We need more news like that around here.

-E