Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Sheriff’s office releases Creach shooting investigation

  July 7, 2011 in News The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office posted a redacted version of the investigation into the shooting of Wayne Scott Creach by Deputy Brian Hirzel online. 6

• Deputy cleared in Creach shooting

  June 23, 2011 in City on Page A1 The Spokane County sheriff’s deputy who shot a 74-year-old Spokane Valley pastor last year will face no disciplinary action over the fatal encounter. Deputy Brian Hirzel followed all departmental policies … 23

• Pastor’s family seeks limits on unmarked police cars

      May 11, 2011 in News, City The family of a Spokane Valley pastor killed in a police confrontation outside his home called on Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich today to voluntarily prohibit the parking of unmarked patrol cars … 27

• Unmarked police cars targeted

  May 11, 2011 in City on Page A5 Two lawmakers from Spokane Valley want to bar law enforcement officers from parking unmarked police cars on private property for routine matters. The legislation, sponsored by Republican state Reps. Matt … 13

• Panels find Creach shooting reasonable

  April 28, 2011 in City on Page A1 Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Hirzel acted “in a reasonable manner” when he fatally shot a 74-year-old pastor last summer in Spokane Valley, two departmental reviews have concluded. “Deputy Brian … 20

• Sheriff’s panels say pastor’s shooting was ‘reasonable’

  April 27, 2011 in News, City Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Hirzel acted “in a reasonable manner” when he fatally shot a 74-year-old pastor last summer in Spokane Valley, two departmental reviews have concluded. 44

• Mayor Towey: City’s health is good

  April 14, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Spokane Valley Mayor Tom Towey gave the first of four planned State of the City speeches Monday night to a crowd of about 50 people in Valley Fourth Memorial Church. … 3

• Deputy won’t face charges in shooting

  January 22, 2011 in City on Page A1 A Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputy won’t face criminal charges in the shooting death of a 74-year-old Spokane Valley pastor, a decision Prosecutor Steve Tucker says came down to this … 50

• Deputy won’t be charged in shooting death of pastor

    January 21, 2011 in News, City Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker has decided not to file criminal charges against the deputy who shot 74-year-old pastor Wayne Scott Creach during a confrontation last August in Spokane Valley. 171

• Creach interred near childhood home in Oklahoma

  September 3, 2010 in City on Page A7 Wayne Scott Creach was laid to rest Thursday on a hillside cemetery in a plot that overlooks the tiny Oklahoma town and nearby farm where the pastor and Spokane Valley … 73

• Deputy’s approved vacation stalls interview about shooting

  September 2, 2010 in City on Page A1 The interview that could explain why a deputy shot and killed a Spokane Valley pastor will come Friday morning – after the deputy returns from a weeklong vacation approved by … 93

• Son offers insight into pastor’s fatal encounter

  September 1, 2010 in City on Page A1 Spokane Valley pastor Wayne Scott Creach and his wife had a prearranged system for when the business owner encountered trespassers on the couple’s sprawling nursery and greenhouse complex in Spokane … 79

• Valley officer kills pastor at nursery

    August 27, 2010 in City on Page A1 A pastor and widely recognized Spokane Valley businessman, concerned that a prowler was on his property late Wednesday, got out of bed, apparently armed himself with a pistol and headed … 47