COUGAR SIGHTING AT WHITE PASS SCHOOL
• It was business as usual today at White Pass schools after a cougar came onto the campus yesterday morning. School District Superintendent Rebecca Miner said the transportation director arriving about 6:10 a.m. yesterday spotted the animal heading down over the bus lane and then cross Silverbrook Road and go into the woods. Elementary students were not allowed outside yesterday morning, she said. Staff members “swept” the campus throughout the day, and again this morning, she said. It’s not something Miner has experienced there before, as she only took the post last July, she said. But she’s told cougars are seen in the Randle community periodically, she said.
THEFT
• Centralia police were called yesterday morning to the 1900 block of Johnson Road to take a report that someone had used an individual’s debit card and spent about $900. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon to the 500 block of Ohio Avenue about the theft of power tools, including a Craftsman router, from a garage. It happened sometime since Oct. 17, according to Chehalis police.
• A deputy took a report yesterday of someone entering a barn on the 600 block of Centralia-Alpha Road and stealing a Stihl pole saw. The saw and its various pieces are inscribed with the name “Norm Brown” according to the Lewis County Sheriff’ Office. The loss is estimated at $800.
• Chehalis police took a report yesterday morning of two vehicles prowled at the 1000 block of Southeast Adams Avenue. A purse was taken from an unlocked car and another vehicle had been gone through but nothing was missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
WOMAN NOTIFIES POLICE OF NAUGHTY PICTURE
• Police were called yesterday by a Chehalis woman who got a new cell phone and then was receiving text messages from a man, including a picture of his private parts. Chehalis Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said officers believe the caller is in Arkansas, but Kaut wasn’t quite sure yet what their next step would be.