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Taser fails to subdue suspect; sleeper hold finishes the job

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 19, 2017

A Spokane Police officer used a sleeper hold to subdue a man who wasn’t fazed by the officer’s taser gun, according to a police.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Murder charges of Spokane Empire star’s alleged killer upgraded to first degree

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 18, 2017

Ricky L. Tanner is now facing first-degree murder charges in the Oct. 8 shooting death of former Spokane Empire star Carl Sims.

News >  Spokane

Lights, songs and Santa steal the show at annual Christmas tree lighting

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 17, 2017

Singing a medley of carols at the base of a 50-foot Christmas tree, the Christian Youth Theater’s quartet evoked the yuletide spirit of hundreds at Riverpark Square on Friday night.

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News >  Crime/Public Safety

Child safe, woman in custody after infant abducted in Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 17, 2017

A 6-month-old baby was apparently separated from her mother and kidnapped Thursday, according to Spokane police. Police successfully located the child and the suspect Friday morning.

News >  Washington

Navy says it will hold Whidbey Island aircrew accountable for tracing giant phallus over Okanogan County

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 17, 2017

Okanogan residents told The Spokesman-Review that they saw the male genitalia deliberately being drawn in the skies above their town by a jet around noon on Thursday.

News >  Spokane

Portion of U.S. Highway 27 to be named Sam Strahan Memorial Highway

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 15, 2017

The Washington State Transportation Commission voted unanimously to name a stretch of U.S. Highway 27 the Sam Strahan Memorial Highway, after the teen who was killed while confronting the Freeman High School shooter.

News >  Spokane

Puppy abandoned in a sealed plastic box along I-90 draws thousands of Spokane adoption inquiries

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 15, 2017

A trucker found Charlie, a 3-month-old puppy, sealed in a plastic bin near an Interstate 90 exit on Tuesday. The pup is now in the custody of SCRAPS as adoption inquiries pour into the animal shelter.

News >  Spokane

Man admits hitting woman in north Spokane hit-and-run fatality, police say

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 15, 2017

Bobby Bowerman initially denied he struck a pedestrian while driving his truck Saturday in north Spokane, according to police. But after being confronted with inconsistencies in his story, police said, the 36-year-old admitted to hitting Melissa L. Tolliver, who was reportedly walking across East Holland Avenue near the Newport Highway en route to Burger King.

News >  Spokane

Garth Brooks, Gonzaga basketball team up for local kids

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 11, 2017

Before country music legend Garth Brooks rocked the Spokane Arena not just once but twice Saturday, he was doling out high-fives and chest passes to local children at the McCarthey Athletic Center.

News >  Military

WWII vet, Gonzaga alumnus honored at Bulldogs season opener

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 11, 2017

His eyes misty and his smile wide, World War II veteran Gordon Van Scotter cradled the white, autographed basketball given to him by his alma mater Friday night.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

In Colorado, Spokane Sheriff’s Office trainers impart fundamentals of social interaction

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 11, 2017

This week, Sgt. Martin Tucker and trainer Tony Anderman, both of the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, visited the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs to teach personnel there the fundamentals of Tactical Social Interaction, the discipline the two have been teaching their deputies and others the last couple of years.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Woman pleads guilty to stealing from vehicles of Freeman High parents

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 10, 2017

Renee Mann, one of three people accused of stealing from vehicles parked near Freeman High in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 13 school shooting, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree theft and second-degree identity theft.

News >  Spokane

Man arrested in connection to man found dead in north Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 9, 2017

Matthew C. Bossard was arrested Thursday in connection with the death of a man who was found dead in his bathroom Thursday morning in north Spokane.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Inmate worker arrested a week after walking off the job

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 8, 2017

A Geiger Corrections inmate worker who walked away from his job site on Nov. 1 was arrested Wednesday.

News >  Spokane

University High student arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up school

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 8, 2017

A University High School student was arrested Wednesday for allegedly making a threat to “shoot up the school”, according to the Spokane Sheriff’s Office.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Coeur d’Alene Casino CEO accused of battery; alleged victim is brother, a former Coeur d’Alene Tribe police chief

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 9, 2017

Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel CEO Francis SiJohn was arrested in Post Falls early Tuesday morning for the alleged battery of his brother, former Coeur d’Alene tribal police Chief Cody SiJohn.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Woman seriously injured, dog killed in Spokane Valley hit-and-run

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 8, 2017

A woman was seriously injured Tuesday and her dog was killed after a hit-and-run in Spokane Valley.

News >  Pacific NW

Family frantic after Montana woman reported missing in remote Idaho forest

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 6, 2017

Mirissa Serrano, who has been missing since Sept. 14, was reportedly last seen with a 61-year-old man she barely knew in a cabin on the southeast side of Lake Pend Oreille, in a remote, wooded area of Lakeview, an hour’s drive from the nearest gas station.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Jury returns death penalty verdict in case against convicted cop-killer Jonathan Renfro

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 4, 2017

Jonathan D. Renfro, who was convicted this month in the shooting death of Coeur d’Alene police Sgt. Greg Moore, received a death penalty verdict from a jury Saturday morning.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Bonners Ferry woman dies in auto crash in Sandpoint

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 3, 2017

Susan L. Rogers, 74, was traveling northbound in a Volkswagen Beetle near milepost 478 around 1 p.m, when she lost control on the slick road and slid into the southbound lane, according to ISP. Roger’s was stuck on the passenger side by 64-year-old William R. Lawson of Spokane, who was driving a tractor trailer.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Post Falls police say couple abused son and left him so hungry he ate his pillow

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 2, 2017

Post Falls parents suspected of abusing 6-year-old son. Boy was so malnourished and hungry that he ate his pillow.

News >  Spokane

Crowd protests release of accused child killer Joshua Mobley

Wed., Nov. 1, 2017

A group of protestors stood outside the Spokane County Courthouse Wednesday night protesting the release of accused child killer Joshua Mobley.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Freeman High shooter alluded to bomb making, new court docs show

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 1, 2017

Accused Freeman High School shooter Caleb Sharpe often messaged friends and classmates about acquiring material for bombs, according to court documents.

News >  Idaho

Three students expelled from Coeur d’Alene Public Schools after three threats

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 1, 2017

The expulsions come after a series of anonymous threats to Lake City students via social media prompted the school district to restrict students from leaving campus and banning cellphone use on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13.

News >  Spokane

Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run alongside I-90 near Coeur d’Alene identified

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 31, 2017

The bicyclist killed while riding alongside Interstate 90 near Coeur d’Alene on Oct. 17 has been identified as 48-year-old William Paul Williams, according to Idaho State Police.