Two Spokane County sheriff’s employees have been honored for saving the life of a suicidal man after he was shot by officers. Deputy Walter Loucks and Sgt. Dale Golman rushed to Michael E. Young after he was shot Dec. 27 and kept him breathing while…
Law enforcement in Spokane County are investigating the fourth stabbing in two weeks.None appear to be connected, and suspects have been arrested in three.The most recent stabbing occurred about midnight Thursday after three men left a party and were walking near Standard Street and Cozza…
Spokane police are asking for help finding a woman who has not contacted her family since Sept. 20. Heather L. Higgins, 39, was last seen in downtown Spokane. Family members have posted flyers at area businesses asking for help finding her, but she remains missing.…
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Police say a 25-year-old Connecticut man who was shot twice after buying a sandwich at a New Haven deli went home and ate his lunch before going to the hospital.Miguel Soto said he was leaving the deli Tuesday when he…
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police say a new father faces drug charges because he lit up a marijuana joint, instead of a cigar, to celebrate his child's birth at a western Pennsylvania hospital.Police aren't identifying the man found smoking the pot in a designated smoking…
Cuts at Washington state prisons will eliminate about 45 jobs at Airway Heights Corrections Center and could cancel a rehabilitative program designed to prepare inmates for reentry to society.“It’s going to have very real impacts,” said Department of Corrections Secretary Eldon Vail. “It’s just a…
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