Plain Press

  • Scam targets area churches and businesses

    (Plain Press, June 2014)Sister Judith at St. Rocco’s parish wants to alert area businesses and churches about a scam that is targeting local churches and businesses. She said the scam involves someone calling a company or a church and telling them their baby is sick, or they need a home or apartment and a sister…

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  • Theft of metal gates reported in First and Second Police districts

    (Plain Press, June 2014)Residents reported thefts of backyard metal gates – popped right off their hinges and taken from backyards. The thefts were reported in the middle of May from yards with back alleys. After a report on the Second District Police Community Relations Committee Facebook page – a woman urged police to check area…

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  • Trouble on Division Avenue

    To the editor: ROBBERIES HAVE SKYROCKETED on Division Avenue – West 25th Street area, two streets north of Detroit Avenue — since last fall.  Outsiders, as well as new Lakeview Estates residents transferred in from closed down east side estates, have turned the relatively quiet street into a robbery zone.  On February 20, 2014, CMHA’s…

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