5:45 p.m. Several accidents reported due to icy conditions on I-90 @ M/P 28 westbound.
5:39 p.m. Female shoplifter caught @ CDA's Super One.
3:40 p.m. Bicyclist suffers a head gash & complains of headache after crash w/vehicle @ Ironwood Court & Ironwood Drive.
3:02 p.m. R/P reports that an "extremely skinny" man is acting suspicious & may be on drugs on Poleline/Post Falls, near Real Life Church.
2:59 p.m. A worker at a local state liquor store complains that a local contractor is tearing up the parking lot by driving heavy equipment across it.
2:41 p.m. A Princeton trucker lost control of his rig and crashed near DeSmet early this morning, causing Highway 95 to be closed for two hours. ISP report here.
1:28 p.m. Resident @ Bambi RV Park/Government Way reports someone is in the process of stealing a barbecue and other things off his front porch.
1:02 p.m. R/P reports she's being harassed by text message.
12:18 p.m. R/P @ 2008 W. Prairie claims that someone has intentionally run over him. He's near a shop building behind the house.
10:37 a.m. Another NIC student has locked herself out of her car, on Dike Road.
9:55 a.m. A CityLink bus driver reports that a green pickup is on its top after a single-vehicle accident on Highway 95, just north of Worley.
9:32 a.m. A car is on fire on Cocolalla Loop, off Highway 95. Sagle Fire is on the scene.
9:11 a.m. The hood fan is not working in the culinary arts department @ NIC.
8:10 a.m. 3 parked trucks have been partially blocking the i/s of Hayden Lake Road & Half Mile Lane for approximately 3 weeks.
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.