Columnist Clair McFarland writes: "Mom wants me to look clean and polished on Cowboy State Daily’s video newscast. But I want ...

Sheriff’s detectives are asking for help in locating an 12-year-old Pierce County boy who’s been missing since Tuesday.

Its chief character had none of the natural authority of a born grandee like Washington; he was a bizarre, penniless, oratorical adventurer with a wild beard, red shirt, cloak and cutlass.