5:31 p.m. 2 boys wearing jeans and blue shirts are hitchhiking @ I-90 & M/P 12 (H95).
4:34 p.m. Homeowner reports jewelry was taken from his Alder Creek Road/CdA residence in last 4 or 5 days.
4:09 p.m. Newman Lake rancher believes his 900-pound, white steer may be in Idaho.
3:37 p.m. A driver is traveling the wrong way on Spokane Street/Post Falls.
3:27 p.m. A truck is parked in a no-parking zone on Crystal Bay Road/Post Falls.
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3:11 p.m. An 80ish male suffered a gash to the head when he either fell out of the back of a pickup or was hit by a trailer @ Prairie transfer station.
2:33 p.m. Kohl's has caught a shoplifter.
2:26 p.m. PFPD Blue is stopping to talk to hitchhiker @ I-90 & Pleasantview.
2:02 p.m. Post Falls library wants officer to remove troublesome female with low-cut tank top & tats.
1:58 p.m. R/P reports that the manager of Bambi RV Park/3113 Government Way is arguing with a couple.
1:37 p.m. A T-bone crash involving a blue van and a black Jeep is blocking Apple Way in front of Hastings.
1:35 p.m. A dog is locked in a vehicle @ Michael's/Canfield Avenue.
1:13 p.m. 4 people in an Iowa vehicle may be doing drugs at a local library.
1:10 p.m. A woman has passed out @ checkout counter No. 5 @ Wal*Mart.
12:20 p.m. R/P reports that a man in a black sports car, s/b on Government Way from Wilbur, is driving w/o a license. She overheard him tell a store teller that he lost his license as a result of a DUI.
12:10 p.m. Shopko has caught a shoplifter who's being cooperative but he has a knife down his pants leg.
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
