Tips to avoid being a theft victim (The Helena Daily World)

Have you been a victim of a residential burglary? Were you prepared for the unthinkable? Surprisingly, most property owners are not prepared when police officers arrive on the scene to compile a list of missing objects or their value.

Zoo weathers snow (Minot Daily News)

Like everyone else in Minot, the staff at Roosevelt Park Zoo are doing their best to deal with a winter the likes of which hasn't been seen in quite some time.

Thieves ‘checking their list,’ too during holiday season (The Celina Record)

November and December are the two highest ranked months for what is commonly referred to as ‘opportunity’ crimes, according to FBI statistics recently released to law enforcement agencies.

Three attempted burglaries have police on alert (Bluffton Today)

The Bluffton Police Department is warning businesses to lock and secure windows and doors after three attempted burglaries early Tuesday. Three business break-ins were attempted between 1:30 and 3 a.m. Tuesday. In the first case at Pepper’s Porch on May River Road, someone attempted to break into a door but an alarm sounded.

Area digest: Reading woman hit boyfriend with statue, police say (Reading Eagle)

A Reading woman hit her boyfriend with a ceramic statue after she became upset that he wanted to leave her house before midnight on New Year's Eve, police said Friday.