The Beacon Journal, through no fault of its own, was the butt of jokes about yellow journalism on Wednesday. Ink being delivred to the newspper spilled onto East Exchange Street. There was a temporary closing of streets during the cleanup. The driver of the truck about to make an ink delivery told newspaper officials that he was about to make a left turn onto S. High Street about midnight when he suddently had to brake to avoid a crash. The momentum forced a 250-gallon container of yellow ink to fall from the turck and spill on to the street. Akron fire and hazardous material crews blocked off portions of E. Exchange until about 6:30 a.m. BJ production manager Vicki Kuhns said the ink is soy based and not hazardous.
The incident was dutifully covered in a news brief -- and widely on facebook. A story we could not resist.
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