Top Story (2:09 p.m.): A crash involving up to 6 vehicles, including one or two head-on collisions, is being reported in front of Chilco Mill on Highway 95. At least 2 or 3 injuries are being reported. Extrication may be needed. The highway is blocked. Updates and more information below.)
4:53 p.m. Mother wants to talk to an officer re: her oldest daughter texting family members.
4:23 p.m. Amanda reports cell-phone theft and she believes she knows who did it.
3:55 p.m. Female in 5000 block of Crescent Bay Road (cross Loffs Bay) extinguished a fire she found in her kitchen when she arrived home. She reports smoke damage.
3:27 p.m. 2 boys are pounding on the door of another boy in 2800 block of E. Sundown Drive/CdA. The squabble may be over money. Much more below.
3:26 p.m. A child is in front of the Post Falls Library screaming for other kids to leave him alone.
3:24 p.m. N/b & s/b lanes of H95 have been cleared & traffic is flowing at the scene of the H95 & Chilco mill crash.
2:46 p.m. A 64YO male w/a history of seizures is unconscious @ Olive Garden/Canfield.
2:43 p.m. A painter is "going ballistic" at a property near the Coeur d'Alene Rifle Club on Atlas. Caller said the upset male sez he has a shotgun.
2:37 p.m. Officer is worried that there will be more crashes unless drivers slow down approaching the H95 & Chilco mill, multiple-vehicle crash.
2:24 p.m. Only one s/b lane is open following the crash @ H95 & Chilco mill.
2:19 p.m. EMT reports at least 3 injuries and need for 2nd ambulance.
2:17 p.m. EMT on the scene reports that one person involved in the multi-vehicle crash may be in bad condition and may need extrication.
2:09 p.m. A crash involving up to 6 vehicles, including one or two head-on collisions, is being reported in front of Chilco Mill on Highway 95. At least 2 or 3 injuries are being reported. Extrication may be needed. The highway is blocked.
1:58 p.m. A mother has questions re: her son meeting someone inappropriately on the Internet.
1:34 p.m. A 50YO male, working for George R. White Co., is suffering abdominal pains in a field at I-90 & M/P 30 (Fourth of July Creek).
1:30 p.m. A male named George in a blue Nova is spinning donuts in the parking lot of Little Town Market/Athol.
1:01 p.m. Lights are not functioning @ Mullan & Cecil/Post Falls.
12:53 p.m. A male reports that female hit him and then jumped out of his Ford Explorer @ the Holiday Inn, Ramsey & Honeysuckle.
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
