The last of three defendants was sentenced today to serve more than 41 years in prison for a robbery and drive-by shooting that all three suspects and a key witness claim they didn’t commit Read Thomas Clouse's story here.
A teen boy accused of burning a homeless man over stolen beer money pleaded innocent today to first-degree attempted murder and an alternative charge of first-degree assault. John C. Palmer, 16, is charged as an adult but being house in juvenile detention after his arrest…
It looks like Eli Skalak is getting his 15 minutes of fame. The suspected Coeur d'Alene burglar will be featured on Inland Northwest billboards advertising a crime stoppers reward for his capture. Skalak, 29, is accused of breaking into an elderly man's home in the…
First the Tacoma area. Now Yakima.The government crackdown on scantily clad baristas is marching east. Yakima City Council members have prohibited thongs and see-through clothing in public as part of a plan to combat what some say is a growing public indecency problem as baristas…
One day after the Spokane County Prosecutor's Office announced no criminal charges would be filed for the massive Valley View fire last summer, a lawyer for the surgeon blamed for the blaze commended the decision and said she will continue to "vigorously defend"against lawsuits filed…
The Mead woman killed in a crash in downtown Spokane Tuesday night was a secretary at a Spokane elementary school. Lori Keller died and her husband, Gary, may be paralyzed after Jon A. Strine crashed into their motorcycle while driving his Mercedes at Fifth Avenue…
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