Oddly enough

Oddly enough

2 Indiana bakeries feud over 4-sided doughnuts

MERRILLVILLE, Ind.

Two Indiana bakeries share a love for four-sided doughnuts, but one of them believes there is room for only one square doughnut-maker.

According to the Post-Tribune, Valparaiso-based Family Express asked a court Thursday to declare that it can continue to call its products “Square Donuts.”

But Terre Haute-based Square Donuts, which has been making its doughnuts since the 1960s and has nine locations, wants Family Express to cut it out. Family Express started making its version in 2005, and a year later, Square Donuts sent Family Express a cease-and-desist letter.

The low-level disagreement fermented quietly for several years until Square Donuts in 2013 trademarked its name.

Family Express contacted Square Donuts to try to reach an agreement over the name, but those talks went nowhere.

Drive a bit over the limit? N. Carolina says that’s too fast

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.

Police in North Carolina are cracking down on speeders with a simple message: Obey the posted speed limit or pay a fine, even if you’re only going a bit over.

The N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program announced its “Obey the Sign or Pay the Fine” campaign Thursday. Both state and local law enforcement are participating. The agency said many people believe they won’t get a ticket so long as they don’t travel too far beyond the speed limit. But the agency says the aim is to remind people that it’s against the law to drive faster than what is posted.

One trooper said that although troopers are aware of the program, they issue citations for “clear-cut and substantial violations.” Master Trooper Chris Knox told the News & Record of Greensboro that troopers assess each circumstance to decide if citations are warranted.

Not a happy hour as beer, chips spill onto Florida highway

MELBOURNE, Fla.

It wasn’t a happy hour for some central Florida drivers when trucks carrying Busch beer and Frito Lay chips collided, spilling them both along Interstate 95.

The crash happened last week near Melbourne. Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Kim Montes said in statement that Zachary Basinger of Melbourne had stopped his Frito Lay box truck onto the right shoulder.

Roberto Ferrer Rodriguez of Miami told troopers he was trying to move his beer truck into the center lane but saw another vehicle and swerved back into the right lane. His truck struck the chips truck.

The Frito Lay truck overturned. The beer and chips spilled onto the highway. Traffic backed up as troopers closed the road while clearing the debris.

Rodriguez was ticketed for failing to maintain a single lane.

Associated Press