They’re getting into all kinds of trouble these days. A 79-year-old woman was recently arrested and charged with kidnapping, burglary and robbery. Bobbie House drove the getaway car after she and 43-year-old Curtis Wacasey Jr. broke into Specialty Building Material (SW Third Street near Exchange Avenue) and stole hundreds of dollars worth of roofing shingles. […]
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Board again
For children of the ’80s or earlier, it likely involved a board game like Wahoo, whose origins date back to the Depression era, when a 15-by-15-inch piece of scrap wood could be transformed into the strategy game played with marbles and dice. While Wahoo (also called Aggravation) went commercial with plastic and paper versions in […]
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Granny larceny
Credit: Brad Gregg Unfortunately for Elvenia Lorreta Wiggins, that’’s what police say happened (figuratively speaking) when her 15-year-old grandson stole from her. Suspicions arose after $800 went missing from Wiggins’ purse. Soon after, the boy began coming home — Wiggins is his legal guardian — with expensive items that Grandma hadn’t purchased (well, that she […]