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From Mead to Lewis and Clark and across the state line to Coeur d’Alene High School, students across the region walked out of school for 17 minutes in a show of solidarity for both the survivors and the lives lost in the Parkland school shooting.

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News > Spokane

Prayers, tears and remembrance as community remembers ‘hero’ Sam Strahan

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 23, 2017

Crowds packed the University High School gymnasium in a remembrance for Sam Strahan, whom many called a hero for his attempt to intervene in the school shooting at Freeman High on Sept. 13.

Sports > WSU football

Freeman High flag makes cameo on ESPN College Gameday alongside Washington State’s Ol’ Crimson

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 23, 2017

The Washington State flag has appeared on every College GameDay show since Oct. 4, 2013. The Freeman High flag made its debut Saturday morning.

News > Spokane

Freeman shooting highlights difficulty of keeping schools secure

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 20, 2017

The events at Freeman High School last week represent the fundamental challenge of school security: balancing the public nature of schools with safety and security.

News > Spokane

Area schools respond, adapt to Freeman tragedy

Wed., Sept. 20, 2017

Across the Spokane-region students met with school staff to start and try to process last week’s school shooting.

News > Spokane

Accused Freeman High School shooter pleads not guilty

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 19, 2017

The attorney for accused Freeman High School shooter Caleb Sharpe entered a written not guilty plea into the record on Thursday, according to new court documents.

News > Spokane

Accused Freeman school shooter Caleb Sharpe drew an “X” over some student pictures in yearbook

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 18, 2017

When Spokane County Sheriff’s detectives searched Caleb Sharpe’s home, they found he had marked out the faces of fellow classmates in the Freeman High School yearbook. “X = kill,” Detective Mike Drapeau wrote in court records.

News > Spokane

Two girls injured in Freeman school shooting surprise classmates with visit

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 18, 2017

The two girls injured in the Freeman school shooting surprised their classmates with a visit, Monday.

News > Spokane

Support measures in place as Freeman students return to school

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 18, 2017

Freeman High School students will return to school Monday for the first time since violence erupted there last week.

Opinion > Column

Shawn Vestal: No easy answers after Freeman school shooting

Sun., Sept. 17, 2017

Whatever your pet theory regarding school shootings, the events at Freeman High could satisfy it. Do you blame easy, continual access to guns? Check. Do you blame mental illness and a dearth of caretaking services? Check. Do you blame bullying? Check. Do you blame a violence-saturated culture of play violence? Check. Do you blame media coverage and the potential of a copycat effect? Check. Do you blame – with all the ease and comfort of hindsight – a failure to recognize and act on warning signs?

Sports > WSU football

Washington State pays tribute to Freeman High during Pac-12 opener versus Oregon State

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 16, 2017

The Washington State Cougars will pay tribute to Freeman High School by wearing bone stickers on their helmets during today’s Pac-12 Conference opener against Oregon State.

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