Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Mary and Joseph figures are childless parents in the longtime Nativity scene in front of Waitsburg's First Presbyterian Church this week after vandals took off with their infant and damaged his cradle last week.
WAITSBURG -- It seems like a grinch, or perhaps a group of young grinches, was bent on stealing the spirit of Christmas last week.
Police and citizens' reports indicate they stole outdoor Christmas lights, decorations and even absconded with a plastic likeness of Baby Jesus.
The spate of vandalism and theft throughout the city started last Tuesday and continued through the weekend.
Some called it the worst the town has seen in years.
In all, half a dozen reports of stolen or damaged Christmas items were called into the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office, while four more informal reports of su...
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