12:07 p.m. A second-grader is having an extreme temper tantrum in Prairie View Elementary office.
12:04 p.m. A motorist is upset that a timber company is blocking his road while falling trees, off H95, b/n Chilco & Ohio Match.
Noon: A Post Falls banker reports that a customer told him this morning that she planned to kill herself today.
11:56 p.m. An unwanted person is reported in the Pier 1 parking lot, 410 Wilbur.
11:35 a.m. 2 Christmas trees have fallen from an unsecure pickup load on H95, 1 mile north of Garwood.
11 a.m. Shopko managers are curious re: who made a 911 call from store’s main line. Everything seems to be OK.
10:48 a.m. Bingo Casino security wants to see animal control before disposing of a cat that was shot dead that a customer brought in.
10:47 a.m. A man is unconscious at Paul Bunyan restaurant, Idaho Street/Post Falls.
10:11 a.m. A landlord has questions re: a tenant changing the locks in his home.
9:43 a.m. A loose dog is reported on North Idaho College campus.
9:12 a.m. R/P reports that the pipes have frozen and burst and children are without food in the Hudlow/Post Falls home of an individual arrested for DUI last night.
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Cindy_H on December 10 at 11:11 a.m.
“Bingo Casino security wants to see animal control before disposing of a cat that was shot dead that a customer brought in.”
Oh my gosh! How many chips is a dead cat worth?
Phaedrus on December 10 at 11:16 a.m.
Does a dead cat fit into a dollar bill slot on a poker machine?
Norther on December 10 at 11:19 a.m.
it might after a couple weeks, but freeze dried cats aren’t accepted at par…only Canadian cats.
Cabbage Boy on December 10 at 11:19 a.m.
Oh my gosh! How many chips is a dead cat worth?
anywhere from 0 to 9. Depending on the lives left of course.
Norther on December 10 at 11:22 a.m.
Might work as a ‘club card’. You could just do a quick ‘cat scan’ and it will increase your points. (Sorry…bad radiology humor…couldn’t resist).
hmoffsuite on December 10 at 11:23 a.m.
CB >> “anywhere from 0 to 9. Depending on the lives left of course.”
In this case, I would say 0.