According to very credible sources, JT Szoboszlay, a graduate of Ludington High School in 2025, left Stearns Park just before midnight on December 23, 2025, in no condition to drive.  He was not old enough to drink alcoholic beverages, but he did that night and unwisely got behind the wheel and drove towards his home, up North Lakeshore Avenue.  On his way he drove onto the other side of the avenue, crashing into multiple streetside objects, including a telephone pole. driving with enough speed…See More

The Ludington Torch went to the beach yesterday, September 7, 2026, Labor Day, and we saw a lot of flagrant violations of the law, which weren't violations of the law earlier this year.  Our city council passed Ordinance 590-26 this spring which revised the rules for riding golf carts in the City of Ludington.  They even devoted a page on their website describing the rules in detail, and the new rules…See More

Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole has come out of the closet.  Backtracking on a major campaign issue, betraying his words with his actions and subsequent inactions, Cole allowed a violation of state law and his so-called core beliefs by having his subordinates put a biological woman in the same cell as a biological man, keeping her there for over ten hours, and only releasing her from the traumatic experience once she made bail.  Jail staff or administrators who intentionally or negligently…See More

A lesser-known lesson from the renowned fabulist Aesop involved a short fable involving a fly sitting on the wheel of a chariot totally in awe of his own self-importance by remarking what an awful lot of dust he was raising.  The moral of the story was that vain people tend to imagine themselves the cause of great results when they actually do nothing.  The phrase "a fly on the wheel" is…See More