While a lot of 2005's national headlines were about natural disasters, the top 10 local headlines focused on people's deeds. To determine the top 10 local stories of the year, front page news stories were reviewed and then voted on by the Times-Union news and sports staffs. Top story of the year was the resignation of Warsaw Schools Superintendent Dr.Dave McGuire. On July 27, by a vote of 6-to-1, the school board accepted a settlement agreement with McGuire along with his resignation. Ralph Bailey, Columbia City, was later named interim superintendent, by the same vote of 6-1.Bailey's consultant agreement requested pay of $495 per day plus 40 cents per mile traveled, but that was to be negotiated by three of the school board members.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016