This week on Small Town Scuttlebutt, Rick, Liz, and Evan cover the kind of news that makes you wonder if anyone’s in charge anymore. A brand-new house gets built on land that was never even sold, a squirrel goes feral, and Rick finds himself fending off a pack of 30 cyclists who confuse the road for a parade route. Meanwhile, Liz greenlights her son’s mid-season football debut, and Evan witnesses his nephew’s spectacular crash-and-burn attempt at wedding romance. It’s local logic meets national nonsense—with all the judgment you’ve come to love.