11:43 a.m. Davenport/Dalton Gardens resident reports mailboxes knocked down last night.
11:21 a.m. A late-50s resident is lying in his front yard suffering chest pains after flagging down a passing motorist @ 23rd & Pennsylvania/CdA.
11:12 a.m. Local man reports someone is using his credit card to buy items online.
11:07 a.m. A Highlander has crashed into a tree @ Lakeview Heights & Fairmont/CdA.
10:21 a.m. A 51YO male is having trouble standing at Group Health/Ironwood.
10:09 a.m. Medics are checking out a driver of a red pickup that hit her head in one of two separate accidents @ H95 & Mica Creek (M/P 421) that left one vehicle hanging from a guardrail, another over an embankment and a third 150 feet into a field.
9:27 a.m. A 65YO woman feels she’s about to go into seizure in U.S. Bank, 413 Seltice Way.
8:52 a.m. Michael has lost his basset hound.
8:42 a.m. Neighbor who works graveyard complains that a nearby school crossing guard has two dogs that wake him up by barking.
8:34 a.m. A motorist reports that her vehicle is hanging over the edge of Fernan Lake after sliding @ Fernan Lake Road & Fernan Lake Court. She’s afraid to leave the car.
8:17 a.m. Rosemary has questions about raccoon traps.
8:42 a.m. Neighbor who works graveyard complains that a nearby school crossing guard has two dogs that wake him up by barking.
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9:20 a.m. Neighbor also wants to complain about city wasting taxpayer money on a $30 thrift store raincoat for crossing guard’s birthday when “a trash bag would have done just fine.”
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brentandrews on December 16 at 10:28 a.m.
8:42 a.m. Neighbor who works graveyard complains that a nearby school crossing guard has two dogs that wake him up by barking.
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9:20 a.m. Neighbor also wants to complain about city wasting taxpayer money on a $30 thrift store raincoat for crossing guard’s birthday when “a trash bag would have done just fine.”
Fixer on December 16 at 3:45 p.m.
11:07 a.m. A Highlander has crashed into a tree @ Lakeview Heights & Fairmont/CdA.
There can be only one!