A monthly staple here at OSS, I offer the top 10 most popular stories from the month of September on thenewstribune.com.

1. Guns drawn, through the door they come (Santos)
2. Wallace too tantalizing to waste (McGrath)
3. A different kind of catch (Mayor)
4. 12 new counts in teacher sex case (Mulick)
5. Ruskell shakes up Hawks again (Hughes)
6. Crackdown on Pacific Avenue (Mulick)
7. Quick descent from starter to third string (Beene)
8. Boulware, Greene are gone (Hughes)
9. Practice squad set; defender on the way? (Hughes)
10. Life of luxury on sergeant's salary (Lynn)

And, this month, the top 5 photo galleries:

1. Lincoln High School
2. Mission to Mexico
3. Puyallup Fair
4. Maldonado trial begins
5. Surfing at Westport