Decatur DP sent out this alert this afternoon…

On 1-17-14, Decatur Police responded to several vehicles entered in the area of East Ponce de Leon Avenue and Ponce de Leon Court during the overnight hours.  Officers canvassed the area and located a total of 7 vehicles that appear to have been entered.  Some vehicle owners have not yet been located.  The vehicles were parked in shared parking areas. Some of the vehicles were knowingly left unsecured and others may have been left unsecured unintentionally.  There were no signs of forced entry to any of the vehicles.  So far, items reported stolen include a duffle bag containing clothing, iPhone and loose change.

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Souper Jenny, Jo and Coco photo from yesterday’s free chili event courtesy of Jo 

This morning in a comment Sara reported…

It appears the new Public Works building on Talley Street is staffed and bumpin’ this Friday morning.

Decatur’s Public Information Officer, Casie Yoder tells DM…

The new Design, Environment and Construction Division (DEC for short, see story on p. 3 of the Jan./Feb. Focus for all the details) moved in this week and will be open for permitting business first thingTuesday morning (Jan. 21). There was limited permitting this week because of the move, as reported on the Decatur Minute:http://thedecaturminute.com/2014/01/09/limited-permitting-next-week/.

So let your readers know to go to the new Public Works Facility at 2635 Talley St for all permitting requests starting Tuesday. The rest of Public Works will continue moving in next week, and assuming everything goes smoothly, everyone will be moved into the new building by the start of February.

Photo courtesy of the Decatur Focus

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