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MISSING HANDBAG?
• Centralia police were called just after noon today by a 29-year-old woman who found a purse in her yard with no identification but containing hundreds of dollars in cash. Police Sgt. Carl Buster, on his way to answer the call to Lum Road, across from the Centralia Outlets: “It makes me happy this woman came forward and was honest. I like that,” he sad. “I don’t always get to deal with honest and friendly people. We usually see people at their worst.”
MISSING FIREARMS
• Police were called yesterday to a home on 2800 block of Borst Avenue about two pistols taken sometime the day before, according to the Centralia Police Department. An investigation is ongoing, according to police. Missing is a 9mm Ruger and a 9mm Smith and Wesson, according to police.
WRECK
• A 20-year-old driver was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital this morning after a single-vehicle wreck at Salzer Valley and Centralia-Alpha roads. Firefighters called to the scene at 7 a.m. said it appeared she was making a turn and put her car into a ditch. The young woman was transported for evaluation because of head and neck pain, Fire Capt. Terry Ternan said. She had been wearing a seatbelt, he said. The sheriff’s office reports the wreck damaged a temporary speed limit sign of 25 mph, posted because of fresh loose gravel and oil on the road.
FIRE BURNS KITCHEN
• A family is displaced after a house fire yesterday afternoon southeast of Centralia. Firefighters called just after 2 p.m. to the 100 block of Widgeon Hill Road were able to make a quick attack, getting a hose into the kitchen, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Capt. Casey McCarthy said nobody was hurt but there was fire damage in the kitchen to cabinets and the wall, as well as smoke damage throughout the home. The cause is under investigation, he said.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; police responses for misdemeanor thefts; aid call for someone falling from a bicycle … and more.