In brief: Student, school reach bracelet deal
A Riverside High School student can wear his “I
Lisa Jewell said Monday that her son, 16-year-old sophomore Dakota Jewell, reached that compromise with school administrators after being suspended from school on Thursday and Friday.
The reverse side of the band sports the name of the nonprofit organization its sales benefit, the Keep a Breast Foundation.
Dakota Jewell wore the bracelet to school Thursday, saying he was simply trying to support breast cancer awareness. The school had sponsored several activities for breast cancer awareness during the week.
Addy Hatch
Officials say inmate hanged himself
An inmate once convicted in Kootenai County of grand theft apparently hanged himself early Saturday at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.
Scott Michael Hernandez, 22, was found in his cell around 4:20 a.m., the Idaho Department of Corrections reported in a news release. Staff members began cardiopulmonary resuscitation but were unable to revive him. Hernandez was declared dead at the scene by the Ada County deputy coroner.
Hernandez was convicted in Kootenai County of grand theft and in Idaho County, of escape. He also was convicted of throwing bodily fluids at an officer in Ada County, the release said. The Ada County Sheriff’s Office will investigate Hernandez’s death.
Alison Boggs
Fire response floods retirement center
The basement of a Spokane assisted living and retirement center flooded with 2 inches of water Monday night after a pipe that was part of a fire suppression system failed.
Fire crews were called to the Cooper George at Fifth Avenue and Wall Street about 8:30 p.m. on a report of smoke on the 10th floor, said battalion Chief Bruce Moline.
Firefighters found the fire in a 50-gallon plastic garbage can in a utility room on the fourth floor. Moline said cause of the fire in under investigation. It was quickly doused with an extinguisher, he said.
Only three residents in the building were evacuated from their rooms. As crews looked for the fire, they also hooked up fire suppression systems to water, and a rusty pipe broke, flooding the basement, Moline said. He said he was unsure which system had the broken pipe. One takes water to each floor for use by firefighters; the other supplies the sprinkler system, Moline said.
Jonathan Brunt