Armed & Famous, the CBS reality series that takes D-list celebs who couldn't get arrested and turns them into cops, has shined a spotlight on Muncie Indiana, where, judging from the folks the phony cops have met on the beat so far, all the men are drunk, all the women are grotesquely overweight and all the children are wannabe gangbangers.

Even so, few are more excited about the show than the folks in Muncie. Who cares if the town looks like a permanent location for the real COPS? Muncie's gone national. The local paper, The Muncie Star-Press, has been leading the charge since town agreed to host the show. Reporters and photographers have tailed the production crew, and made news like good tabloid reporters--like when they caught Erik Estrada cursing out a man on a stretcher. Armed is the lead story in today's paper: an in-depth investigation that reveals "Life not as glamorous for city's real cops" (now that's news)-- along with a sidebar on the show's ratings.

The paper also has its own exclusive video clips, which you can see after the jump...