Mike Allen, right, hands U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kevin Spiwak one of the toy trucks that he is donating to Toys for Tots at his store Toys for the Fun of It, 519 Main St., during the campaign's kickoff Thursday. Allen and his wife Karin donated more than $4,000 worth of toys to the program.
Twice as many Grand Junction families as last year have requested donations from the Toys for Tots program this year.
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Insanity plea mulled by Hilltop rapes suspect An attorney for a Grand Junction man accused of raping two disabled women says a plea of insanity is being considered.Ex-Grand Junction man arrested in wife's murder A former Grand Junction hotel owner who became a successful professional poker player in his native England after his wife disappeared in western Colorado in 1997 has been arrested, accused of killing her and dumping her body.Helmick monitored husband's voice mail Miriam Helmick repeatedly accessed the voice mail of her husbands cell phone in the months leading up to his killing, according to testimony in Helmicks murder trial Wednesday.Expert on energy-efficient buildings at GJ conference An authority on energy- efficient construction techniques will speak Friday in Grand Junction.Palisade officer back on job after disciplinary action Palisade Police Chief Carroll Quarles on Wednesday said an officer who had been accused of harassing an ex-girlfriend is back on the job.Fruita fields inquiries about setting up shop after marijuana vote Only a day after the Fruita City Council voted to allow medical marijuana dispensaries inside city limits, phone calls already were coming in to city planners about dispensaries wanting to set up shop.Suspect pleads guilty, sentenced in fatal beating of gas worker GLENWOOD SPRINGS A man pleaded guilty Wednesday in the 2005 fatal beating of an oil and gas worker and received a three-year prison sentence.Trader of meth, stolen goods draws lengthy prison term A Grand Junction man was sentenced to 33 years in prison Wednesday for orchestrating a criminal operation in which he traded methamphetamine for thousands of dollars worth of stolen items.City Council OKs Main Street contract The Grand Junction City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday night to award a contract to FCI Constructors for the first half of the renovation of Main Street downtown, despite concerns that the company will hire two out-of-town subcontractors.Man walks away from plane crash MONTROSE The pilot of a single-engine plane walked away from a crash after he tried to land his plane on a residential street near downtown Montrose Wednesday morning.
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