COLUMBIA SPY

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Gray lettering has been added to the background behind the armed forces emblems on the Locust Street Park mural.  The words shown represent our democratic ideals: FREEDOM, LIBERTY, JUSTICE, PEACE, BRAVERY, VIGILANCE, HONOR, and UNITY. Artist Joanna Spicer is the artist commissioned to do the work. The backstory on the mural is  HERE .

Go  HERE for a list of winners from last night's Mardi Gras Parade.

"This was all just a big misunderstanding, he's actually my boyfriend. We got into an argument and after we left together mutually, somebody called the cops, I guess his grandmother, and here I am," said Dustin Wetten, before being placed in a Columbia police car. MORE: http://fox43.com/2017/10/26/columbia-kidnapping-arrest-comes-with-conflicting-claims/

Some in the borough may have noticed a power interruption around 2 - 3 a.m. today.  A PPL spokesperson told Columbia Spy that this stemmed from a problem near Weis Markets in West Hempfield (1786J Columbia Avenue), and crews were still on scene as of 6:30 this morning. Other interruptions are possible until the work is completed.  PPL UPDATE (Friday morning, 10/27/17): According to the outage report for your account, there were 2412 customers who experienced the same outage due to a tripped distribution breaker. There are a multitude of reasons that a distribution breaker can trip, including weather-related issues, trees, animals, etc. Unfortunately the specific cause of this tripped breaker was not noted on the report.