2023 in review, Part 1
Children’s deaths among top local stories for first 6 months By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The biggest and most far-reaching local news stories of 2023 happened in the second half of the year, but there was plenty of good and bad news that occurred between January 1 and June 30. Topping those stories were the deaths of two children — a toddler who was beaten to death by his…