12:30 a.m. -- The owner of dogs "barking all night" on Jordan St. was asked to keep the critters quiet after a sheep-counting neighbor complained.

  6:35 a.m. -- A false alarm shattered the morning calm at a S. Main St. restaurant.

  5:35 p.m. -- A back-door alarm became unhinged at a US62W restaurant.

  8:29 p.m. -- Police were unable to verify a complaint about a motorist "running people off the road" near the intersection of US62E and Hwy. 23S.

  9:30 p.m. -- An officer filed a report about a Pivot Rock Rd. resident who was "kicking his dog at night to keep him quiet."

  11:26 p.m. -- Despite a call from an area resident, police were unable to locate any dogs barking on Oakridge or Charles Cr.

  11:57 p.m. -- Family members visiting relatives at an East Mountain residence decided to split after an officer arrived to investigate a report about a disturbance in progress.

Tuesday, April 29

  3:02 p.m. -- Sheriff's department personnel warned police about the reckless driver of a dark green Chevy pickup headed for town on US62E.

  4:32 p.m. -- A stray German Shepherd puppy who wandered into the fire station was transported to doggie jail.

  4:32 p.m. -- A suspicious man loitering at the East Mountain lookout vanished before an officer arrived.

  10:22 p.m. -- An employee of a Passion Play Rd. gas station asked police to look for a motorist who stole fuel valued at $29.96 and advised them to search for a man wearing a ball cap and possibly driving a truck.

Wednesday, April 30

  1:30 a.m. -- A caller from a residence near the middle school said barking dogs were doing a great job of helping him stay awake in the middle of the night.

  2:50 a.m. -- Medication was reported stolen from a vehicle within the last 30 hours.

  4:04 p.m. -- The owner of a laundromat gave police a security tape of a customer ripping off another customer's clothes.

  10:04 p.m. -- A woman calling from an upper Spring St. residence said her ex-husband harassed her and left.

  10:46 p.m. -- Two officers checked an Echols St. residence for prowlers but found no trespassers.

Thursday, May 1

  5:16 p.m. -- Following an anonymous tip, police were unable to observe any juveniles boozing at a N. Main St. residence.

  7:57 p.m. -- Police warned the sheriff's department about occupants of a black Ford pickup with muddy Oklahoma tags who were "driving all over the roadway, hanging out windows and throwing beer bottles out" as they left town headed east on US62.

  10:26 p.m. -- A guest at a downtown hotel found a purse in Basin Spring Park.

  10:39 p.m. -- A caller warned police about a copper colored sports car being driven recklessly toward town on Hwy. 23S.

Friday, May 2

  10:40 a.m. -- A trio of officers offered advice to a "vagrant camping in a construction site" on Pine St.

  12:34 p.m. -- A caller reported an apartment door kicked in at an upper Spring St. residence.

  10:07 p.m. -- Two women visiting town from Joplin, Mo. reported a wallet stolen.

Saturday, May 3

  1:44 a.m. -- A warning device became alarmed about something at a US62E fast-food franchise.

  10:38 a.m. -- Police were unable to locate "sport bikes" reportedly driving illegally on US62W.

  7:26 p.m. -- A frustrated motorist whose parked car was blocked in by another car on Center St. found release in kicking the tar out of the offending vehicle.

  7:46 p.m. -- A car window was broken out while parked on a N. Main St. lot.

Sunday, May 4

  1:39 p.m. -- Operators of ATVs riding around Black Bass Lake were advised to stay off the dam, park property and city streets.

  1:46 p.m. -- Although hikers observed a naked person communing with nature, two officers were unable to find hide nor hair of the owner of clothing and keys found on a trail at Black Bass Lake.

  3:48 p.m. -- An Elk St. resident complained about two Terriers frolicking behind the post office and told police they belong at a residence near the intersection of Elk and Owen Sts.

  5:04 p.m. -- An alert carriage driver complained about a "man in a dark green T-shirt" scaring his horses outside a S. Main St. pub.

  6:36 p.m. -- Police were unable to locate a red Firebird reportedly being driven recklessly on US62E.

  7:58 p.m. -- A caller asked officers to check on the welfare of a nonagenarian Shelton St. resident and police reported the woman was fine, but very tired.

  10:48 p.m. -- Police responded to a report of smoke detected behind a US62E restaurant.