I've decided not to post any new questions today re: the HBO Book Club discussion of William Young's "The Shack." With the horrific testimony and video today re: Joseph Duncan's torture of Dylan Groene, I thought it best to wait until tomorrow to continue the…
Bill Schaefer/Idaho State Journal, APLinda Copple-Trout, former Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, speaks before the Idaho State Board of Education Thursday afternoon on the Idaho State University campus in Pocatello, supporting a proposal for a University of Idaho law school campus in Boise.Enraged,…
Joseph Duncan took the witness stand, but had nothing to say. “I have no statement prepared, I was just intending to sit and answer whatever questions the government might have,” Duncan said. The judge called for a short recess, and the jury was led out.…
4:43 p.m. An eastbound blue semi loaded with equipment has been stopped on Seltice Way by police after a passing motorist noticed fire coming from a rear axle. 4:13 p.m. Telephone pole line down on Fernan Lake Road, approximately 1 mile from Fernan Village. Line…
Item: Judge dismisses flag desecration charge/APMore Info: One student said he had his Mexican flag taken away and put in the garbage by gym instructor Clint Straatman, who later also resigned. Luker said he was responding to Straatman's action and to what he said was…
I couldn't resist nabbing one of those yellow head bands that Congressman Bill Sali hands out at fairs. I didn't steal it, fuhcryinoutloud. While I was visiting DuaneR, Rep. Phil Hart, Jim Hollingsworth and Fred Ostermayer in the R booth last night, I saw a…
Twitter: Duncan said he has no statement. "I was just going to sit and answer any questions that the government might have," he said. 14 minutes ago from web /Meghann Cuniff, SR. More here.Court adjourns for day
Christopher Anderson/SRA fast moving thunderstorm dumps rain and hail over Spokane Washington Thursday August 21, 2008. The storm left almost an inch of hail in the Spokane Valley, causing a rash of traffic accidents. The photo was taken looking east from the Palisades Park area…
We didn't ask that the video be shown. The decision to show the video in court was made by Judge Lodge. If the tape had not been placed in evidence, we certainly wouldn't have sought it out. I know emotion clouds the larger issues. But…
Walt Minnick and his family do not live in the Second Congressional District. They live in the First. Moreover, they have owned property (and paid property taxes) in the First Congressional District, near their current home, for 25 years. Their plans have been to build…
Item: Tri-City Herald reporter finds out just how many rides she could go on after gorging on fair food/Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City HeraldMore Info: I thought my personal trainer was going to have a heart attack when I told her my story assignment for Wednesday.…
Authorities are worried a tainted batch of illegal drugs has found its way to Spokane. The clue: Several reports of disoriented individuals stripping naked and defecating in public without any recollection of what they'd just done/Jody Lawrence-Turner. More here.
Taryn Hecker/SR Prairie VoiceSatchwell Farms Manager Wade McLean shows how tall the peppermint has grown in his field off Hayden Avenue. "Peppermint grows up, falls down and grows up again," the 58-year-old farmer said. "About the second or third time it grows is when you…
Who should Barack Obama choose as his running mate?/Idaho Statesman. *Sen. Hillary Clinton*Sen. Joe Biden*Gov. Tim Kaine*Michael Phelps*Other
Throughout the testimony thus far in the Joseph Duncan sentencing trial, there’s been a specter looming over the courtroom: The cabin video, which everyone knows will be shown to jurors at some point. It may happen today. The contents of the video, made by Duncan…
In Groene’s motion, filed today, he asked that the video, which shows Duncan abusing 9-year-old Dylan before the child’s murder, be shown only on individual monitors rather than on the court’s projection screen; that only one designated reporter be allowed to view the video, and…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
