Law roundup: Discarded clothes cause traffic hangup

Looking to dispose of old threads, but apparently too busy to make it to either the donation box or dump, someone dropped off “a huge pile of clothes” in the middle of Ninth Street, according to a worried passerby who phoned the Columbia Falls Police Department to report the errant garments. Vehicles were reportedly swerving to avoid the mess of laundry, though a pedestrian eventually moved the castaway clothes to the sidewalk. The owners later returned to gather their raiments...