Local News Starts the Day

I turned on the local news this morning and this is what I heard in the first minutes at 6:35am:

1.  Ski areas have just received some snow, but they need more and have lost revenue so far this winter.
2. A pedestrian was hit and killed on a busy highway.  Witnesses say he deliberately ran into the highway (not in a crosswalk) to avoid nearby casino employees who were chasing him because he'd just stolen from the casino.  He was rushed to the hospital, but died of his injuries.
3.  A man is being sentenced today for stabbing his former girlfriend to death at the home she shared with her two children.  While he was in prison on other charges, he'd written her letters telling her he was going to kill her.  Two weeks after he was released he did.
4.  A 28 year old woman wrote a lengthy letter telling the police that if she ever turns up dead, it was her ex boyfriend who did it.  She said no piece of paper (restraining order) would protect her; at least, with the letter, they'd know who did it.  A few days ago, policy found her body.  She'd been strangled in her bed at the home she shares with her four children and her mother.  The ex boyfriend is cooperating with police and at this time they cannot connect him to the murder.
5.  Later today, a man is being sentenced for stabbing his cousin to death on Christmas Eve in 2012.  The cousin called him a name and that caused the man to react.
6.  The trial of a man accused of killing six members of a family has been delayed because the judge wants to be clear on how the death penalty may or may not be applied in the case before it goes to trial.

And then it was 6:38am

Eek - that's a negative and scary way to start the day.  I only wanted to know the weather for the weekend.


I wonder if these are really news stories.  It's more like a police crime roll.  The news would be the story behind the story, wouldn't it?  What are the factors contributing to these events and is anybody trying to effect change?   That sounds like news to me.

I actually like KIRO for my local news.  By 6:30, they've been delivering 'news' for two hours already, since 4:30 am.  The 1/2 hour before CBS This Morning is supposed to be a quick condensed version of all the news for the day.  If I continued watching, they'd get into the weather and traffic and the big Seahawks game this weekend.