How LiveNews works
LiveNews is your town's paper, written by the people who live there. When something happens, the people standing there can tell everyone — and the record stays honest about what's known.
Who reports
Anyone with a free .direct account. Every report and every update carries the name of the person who posted it and the time it went up. Reading is free and never needs an account.
What the badges mean
- Unverified
- One person's report so far.
- Corroborated
- Two or more people who were there report the same thing.
- Verified
- Checked by our desk.
- Officially confirmed
- Confirmed by the agency or organization responsible.
A story starts Unverified. When a second person who was there adds to it, it becomes Corroborated. Verified and Officially confirmed are set by a person at our desk.
Corrections stay on the record
Anyone can add a correction to a story. It shows in the story's timeline, marked as a correction, with a name and a time — nothing that was said before is quietly erased. That's how you can trust what's there.
Some reports wait for a person
Fast doesn't mean careless. Reports about a death, an armed or tactical police situation, a bomb threat, self-harm, sexual violence, or a child in danger are read by a person at our desk before they go up — so families aren't told by a website and nobody is put at risk.
Community rules
- Report what you know. Say what you saw yourself, and say so when you heard it from someone else.
- Keep private things private. No house numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, license plates, or names of private people. Use the block or the cross streets.
- Stay out of the way. Never get in the way of police, fire or medical crews to get a report. Your safety and theirs come first.
- No graphic detail. Describe what happened without describing injuries or people who were hurt.
- No ads, no fights. Business news is welcome; advertising isn't. Disagree with a report by adding a correction, not by attacking the person.
Something wrong with a story? Use Something wrong with this story? at the bottom of it. When several readers flag the same story, it comes down until a person at our desk has looked.