The towing and plowing cycle begins again
The City of Spokane has a warning for the residents of Browne's Addition: your car will be impounded if it's on the street Tuesday.

Public record for Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2008
4:46 p.m. Assisted the constable with warrant service in the 1200 block of York Street. 5:29 p.m. No injuries or towing resulted from a three-vehicle accident at Baltimore Street and Meadow Lane.

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Sheriff sets up checkpoint in search for witnesses in Garrison man's shooting death
GARRISON - The Putnam County Sheriff's Office has set up a checkpoint today at the scene of a Garrison towing business owner's shooting death. Deputies are asking passing drivers if they saw anything that could shed light on the slaying.

Garrison stunned by fatal shooting
GARRISON - Like most people who knew John Marcinak, Ken Elmes said he was shocked to hear that Marcinak was fatally shot in front of Garrison Garage where he ran his towing business.

City of Ottawa cancels 9 tickets, repays towing costs after complaints
The City of Ottawa is cancelling nine parking tickets issued Monday after complaints from the public about a morning crackdown on traffic violations.

Springfield bailout bill wins initial approval from Mass. legislators
BOSTON - After some tense negotiations, state legislators on Monday voted initial approval of the governor's financial relief bill for Springfield, including a new compromise measure to possibly overhaul the process for awarding city towing contracts.

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ATV towing leads to Groves arrest
A man seated on an All-Terrain Vehicle being pulled behind a car caught the eye of a Groves Police officer and led to the arrest of one man on Monday.

Flood Waters Strand Even Troopers
CLALLAM COUNTY, Wash. -- Two troopers were seeking assistance when even they became stranded due to rising flood waters of the Pysht and Hoko Rivers in Clallam County, said Trooper Krista Hedstrom of the Washington State Patrol.

2009 Ford F-150 Becomes America's Safest Full-Size Pickup by Earning Top 5-Star Crash Ratings
The 2009 Ford F-150 is the only pickup to earn both the government's top 5-star crash-test ratings and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) "Top Safety Pick award".

Spokane, Wash., residents cope with record snow
(By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Writer) More than 6 feet of snow in the past three weeks has made Spokane residents edgy, and Wednesday brought new problems as melting snow and ice caused flooding and mudslides. This unusually harsh winter has disrupted schools, traffic, garbage pickup and mail service in the eastern Washington city of 200,000, and tempers are growing short. Icy roads ...

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Police seek Kenosha woman missing since car found in lake
The Kenosha County Sheriff?s Department on Tuesday confirmed the identity of a Kenosha woman whose car was found in Lake Michigan over the weekend and acknowledged the woman is considered missing.

MacWorld 2009: No big steps forward, no steps backward
The 2009 edition of the big MacWorld show was newsworthy mostly for its lack of news, with none of the blockbuster announcements that made headlines the last few years.

Spokane, Wash., residents cope with record snow
More than 6 feet of snow in the past three weeks has made Spokane residents edgy, and Wednesday brought new problems as melting snow and ice caused flooding and mudslides. This unusually harsh winter has disrupted schools, traffic, garbage pickup and mail service in the eastern Washington city of 200,000, and tempers are growing short. Icy roads and ponds of water from melting snow snarled the ...

Port replaces ailing harbor docks
The Charleston Marina is all about water, so it probably wasn?t surprising to maintenance crews replacing part of F Dock that they worked in the rain this week.

Mastic Beach Man Faces Murder Charge in Boss' Shooting
A Mastic Beach man pleaded not guilty Sunday to charges that he shot and killed his boss and dumped the body in the trunk of a car at the towing company where they worked. Police Sunday identified the body of the victim, found on Christmas Eve, as Kevin Koch, 44, owner of KC Towing in Middle Island. James Caldwell, 49, of King Road, an employee of Koch's who also lived in a trailer on ...

PLEA IN LI BOSS MURDER
A Long Island man yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges that he fatally shot his boss and stuffed the body in a car's trunk. James Caldwell, 49, of Mastic Beach, was held without bail on a second-degree murder rap for the slaying of towing...

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