In brief: Police seek tips on missing man

Spokane police detectives on Saturday were asking for help locating a missing man.

Robert A. Georgia, 46, is a white male, 5-foot-7, 155 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. Georgia drives a light green 2005 Chrysler Pacifica with Washington plate number 928 TMQ.

Georgia works at InterDecor on Sprague Avenue and lives on North Standard Street. His family and law enforcement are concerned about his well-being.

Anyone with any information about Georgia is asked to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233.

S-R compiling holiday lights list

The Spokesman-Review is putting together a list of area holiday lights displays.

If you spot something particularly eye-catching, either in your neighbor’s yard (or your own) or while driving around town, we’d like to know about it.

Just go to www.spokesman.com/ holidaylights, click on the “tell us about it” link and fill out the brief form. Please be sure to give as specific an address as possible. At that same website, you’ll be able to see all of the addresses that have been entered so far, sort them by neighborhood – even create maps for your own personal tour.

Animal confirmed as wolf-dog hybrid

POCATELLO, Idaho – State officials say genetic testing has confirmed that an animal that killed a lamb in eastern Idaho and was then shot and killed by a sheepherder last summer was a wolf-dog hybrid.

Idaho Department of Fish and Game spokeswoman Jennifer Jackson said one of its parents was a purebred German shepherd.

The 94-pound male was killed on July 6.