Officer Karl F. Thompson indictment 01

June 22, 2009 in City U.S. Attorney James McDevitt prefaces and reads the first count of the grand jury indictment against Spokane police Officer Karl Thompson in Otto Zehm’s injury while in police custody in …

Bob Apple / Municipal Court rule

February 17, 2009 in City Councilman Bob Apple on his plan to require Municipal Court judges to live within the city

Feds indict Zehm officer

      June 23, 2009 in City on Page A1 A Spokane police officer should stand trial on charges of violating the civil rights of mentally ill janitor Otto Zehm and lying about the confrontation that resulted in Zehm’s death, … 3

EvaLassman

February 2, 2012 in News, Features Eva Lassman, a Holocaust survivor who in 2011 at age 91 in Spokane, shared her memories and legacy with Michael Gurian, who wrote “Eva’s Song,” a lyrical oratory poem. Here’s …

Julia Smith

January 1, 2012 in News, Features Julia Smith, music thanatologist, plays a song on the harp. Harp and song help ease dying people’s journey from this life.

Doug Clark: Jailhouse Cop

December 18, 2011 in City Doug Clark’s latest song, “Jailhouse Cop,” is about former Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson, convicted of needlessly beating Otto Zehm and lying about it to cover up his actions. 7

Father Armand Nigro

December 17, 2011 in News, Features Father Armand Nigro describes his call to the priesthood as a young boy.

Frances Conover Church

December 11, 2011 in News, Features Frances Conover Church reads from the World War I diary kept by her father, Harvey Conover. In this passage from Oct. 28, 1918, he describes the crash of the fighter … 1