Updated at 4:35 p.m. and 6:22 p.m.
THEFT
• Someone got into an unlocked vehicle on the 900 block of F Street yesterday and took an umbrella, according to Centralia police.
• Police were called about 1 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Woodland Street in Centralia where “items” had been stolen from inside a carport.
• Someone broke into a business on the 400 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia and stole a cash box, tools, a computer monitor and a BB gun, according to a report made to police on Thursday morning.
• Police were called just after 11 a.m. on Thursday to the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia where someone had stolen a battery from a vehicle.
FIRES
• A generator too close to an exterior wall of a Centralia home ignited a small fire on Thursday evening on the 800 block of South Gold Street, according to Riverside Fire Authority.
* Firefighters were called to a home on Marion Street in Centralia about 9 p.m. on Thursday to a report of smoke. There were power lines on the roof and then inside, crews discovered a small dresser burning, according to Riverside Fire Authority. It appeared a nearby electrical outlet had some sort of issue, Fire Capt. Casey McCarthy said.
JEEP DRIVER SPENDS NIGHT STUCK IN SNOW
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported on Thursday they were called last weekend to find a 23-year-old Chehalis man who had gotten his Jeep stuck on a logging road in the Lincoln Creek area. The driver had set out Saturday for a rock pit in the area and found his vehicle high-centered, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. A search and rescue mission was initiated on Sunday morning, Brown said. The sheriff’s office Humvee could not reach the man, but a citizen with a Jeep Wrangler was able to free the stuck vehicle and escort it out by about 2:30 on Sunday afternoon, according to Brown. The Chehalis man was hungry but otherwise okay, according to Brown.
WRECKS
• A 78-year-old Randle resident was hospitalized after his Jeep Cherokee ran off U.S. Highway 12 just west of Morton and rolled onto its top on Thursday afternoon, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troy H. Roden was east bound just before 3 p.m. when his vehicle went into a ditch, the state patrol reported. He was taken to Morton General Hospital with a head injury, the investigating trooper reported. The vehicle was described as totaled.
• A 27-year-old Centralia man reportedly escaped injury when his car ran into a ditch and rolled onto its top at Sturdevant and Sears roads early Thursday morning. A deputy called about 12:30 a.m. found the Chevrolet Cavalier sustained major damage, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES
• The watch for minor flooding on flood-prone rivers in Southwest Washington is extended through Sunday morning. The Chehalis River is singled out by the National Weather Service as one which could spill over its banks. And, there are one or two storms on the horizon next week that would raise its level even higher, the weather service is forecasting.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
I miss my 46 willys jeep, it was a mountain goat.
Funny to read the back and forth on which vehicle is best. Reminds me of when I was a kid and had a Chevy Blazer (full size) like a 74 or something.
I was going 4 wheeling with some Jeep buddies and they went between a couple trees on the trail and I blissfully followed. Ripped off both side mirrors and bent the back bumper. We laughed so hard our sides hurt. No way was I following them. Simple physics there. 🙂
Gotta go with Nick. Sometimes a smaller rig can go places the bigger one can’t. And vice versa.
Nick, I’ve seen both of them in operation… and a Humvee has a lot more “Oomph” than a Wrangler. Believe me, the Humvee can go all sorts of places that the Wrangler can’t go. Otherwise, don’t you think the Sheriff would have gotten the Wrangler instead of the Hummer?
It’s not so much the vehicle… it is the driver of the vehicle having the training to do what the vehicle is capable of. In this case, it sounds like the person who actually performed the rescue knew what he/she was doing, and the person driving the Sheriff’s vehicle didn’t.
Unless the road was too narrow for a Humvee to pass. Ever been outside and looked at either of them George? Not rocket science that a Jeep Wrangler is actually better on trails than a Humvee. Just sayin’…
If the Sheriff’s office Humvee couldn’t get the guy out, I’m thinking it is more a case of operator error than a problem with the vehicle… considering a Hummer can go a lot more places than a Jeep Wrangler can….
Just sayin’….