Here are the stories keeping our reporters busy this Monday:

• A convicted rapist is taking his own lawyer to court, claiming the attorney didn't do enough to exonerate him.

• Is a fair trial possible here for accused husband-killer Maria Spencer? A judge rules on her request to be tried outside the area.

• Residents say that after a gas company installed a new line under their street, storm water and mud showed up in their front yards.

• The fair's latest grandstand addition? A Christian hard-rock band.

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