BEGINNING TODAY, OUR CASS STREET KWIK TRIP WILL OPEN AT 5:00 AM

They were opening at 4:00 AM but decided it would be safer to move it back another hour for safety concerns.

An armed man entered the store demanding cash back in April in that 4 to 5 AM time period.  4 is still a pretty quiet time around town (unless you're at my apartment) but by 5:00 it gets too busy for anyone to try a holdup.  Or, at least, that's the hope.

 

That's OK with me.  I may be up, at that hour, but I won't be going out anywhere.

A SHOCKING STORY IN THE LA CROSSE TRIBUNE THIS MORNING

8 fatalities in 8 months from drug overdose in La Crosse.
Not a big surprise for Chicago or Minneapolis but La Crosse??  CLICK HERE TO READ THE STORY IN THE LA CROSSE TRIBUNE

HOUSTON ISN'T THE ONLY CITY SEEING MORE CRIME

THIS COMES FROM DONNIE

The following is provided by the Hays County Sheriff's Office, who received this information from a Hays Co. resident:

Resident - -

“….I wanted to make the HOA aware of a door flyer (see attached) that was hung on my door.  You may already be aware of this, but I wanted to send it along, as I was unaware of this scam and wanted the entire neighborhood to be aware of it.

I found the attached flyer on my door today (12/5/2011).  I was home ALL day, so no one rang my door, but simply hung the flyer.  I researched the Austin phone number online and found that it appears to be being hung by a group of people that are "casing" neighborhoods, looking to rob houses. 

You will notice that the flyer does not have any real company name, nor any real information about what the flyer pertains to.  From what I can gather on the web, if you call the number (andit is recommended that people do NOT call the number), the person at the other end of the line implies it is related to a book of coupons they want to send you, but they ask if you are interested in a security system.  A number of people said they indicated they did not want a security system and they were robbed (burglarized) soon afterward.

From what I can gather, this scam started in Arizona and is not being perpetrated in Texas.

I hope that you can notify everyone in our neighborhood, either directly, or at least on the HOA web site…”

WILLARD SAYS IT'S GETTING SCARY IN HOUSTON

"Christmas cards are being stolen out of peoples mailboxes.  They're looking for cash gifts that people send this time of year.

Burglaries and other robberies are up.  At least four bank robberies last week.  People are desperate.

An upscale store at Post Oak (Houston's Rodeo Drive) was hit Thursday.  Another store hit just a block away.

I am beginning to be concerned about going out even in the daytime."

Maybe it's s sign of the times but it's still hard to believe. A 20 year old college student was robbed and beaten while walking on 3rd street, Saturday, at 1:30 in the afternoon! 1:30 in the morning I could understand but 1:30 in the afternoon?? In lovely, Lively La Crosse?? I think it's getting a little too lively.

I didn't think I'd have to have eyes in the back of my head, when I was out in public, after I left Houston but I guess I was wrong. It seems to be just as violent in the country as it was in the city.