Here are the stories keeping our reporters busy this Wednesday:

* A panel of state judges has responded to residents’ pleas for blocking the construction of a proposed hog farm. Find out what the court decided.

* Police say she lost her home in a meth-lab explosion. In court she made a tearful promise to turn her life around.

* Three teenagers wanted to host a booze-fueled party, but police say they filched the beer and broke into the venue.

* The weather is wreaking havoc on a condemned building already plagued by fire.

Look for these stories and more in Thursday's Press Enterprise.