Who says no one reads the newspaper anymore?

A watchful newspaper reader in Colville helped nab the Montana Department of Corrections escapee suspected in a Spokane Valley burglary today. Read the story here.

Other public safety stories today include:

Body found in Pend Oreille River

Activists rally against ombudsman spot

Spokane’s newest recruit, Ajax, met with local media Wednesday. Read the story here and check out a slide show here.

Other stories in today’s paper include:

Autopsy shows man was shot in back

Medical Lake to pay Mehrens $20,000

Trial set in bridge pushing case

The original pharmacy robber from last summer entered a guilty plea in Spokane County Superior Court today, and The Spokesman-Review was the only news organization there.

Read Thomas Clouse’s story here.

Police: Porn, theft lured boy to library

Ephrata man killed by train Sunday

88 contacts, 10 arrests at Sasquatch

Men in deadly rafting accident identified

The Guinness Book of World Records plans to honor a man for filing the most lawsuits in history.

One problem: the man in question has filed an injunction in Eastern Washington federal court seeking to stop it. Read Thomas Clouse’s story here

Here are the rest of today’s public safety stories:

Cigarette caused apartment fire, officials say

Veradale man injured in motorcycle crash

Former sheriff pleads guilty to felony

State has first death under new suicide law

It’s been a busy day on the public safety beat. Check out these local stories:

HIV-positive man charged with assault

Man set ablaze in dispute over beer money

Man killed in logging accident identified

Photo released of would-be Walgreens robber

Man gets six months for ramming teens in car 

Vandals left receipt for ‘ammo’ behind

Recent WSU grad killed in DUI crash