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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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Wounded girls have deep roots in Freeman community

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

The three teenage girls shot and wounded Wednesday at Freeman High School are described by their classmates as sweet, funny and kind during a vigil Wednesday.

News > Spokane

12 weeks after father dies, tragedy strikes Strahan family again in Freeman shooting

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 14, 2017

Sam Strahan died mere weeks after losing his father in a tragic accident on Father’s Day.

News > Spokane

United Way starts fund for Freeman community in aftermath of shooting

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

The United Way of Spokane County is raising money to assist the Freeman High School community in the aftermath of Wednesday’s school shooting. The organization was contacted by local businesses requesting that the United Way start a fund, said Tim Henkel, president and CEO.

News > Spokane

Local high schools plan to wear Freeman colors Thursday

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

Two local high schools announced on social media Wednesday that their students and staff will be wearing the Freeman High School colors Thursday in a show of solidarity.

News > Spokane

Accused shooter at Freeman brandishes guns on YouTube channel

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

Friends and classmates described suspected Freeman High School shooter Caleb Sharpe as quiet and sometimes quirky, but said they were surprised to see him turn violent. His YouTube antics, however, were well-known to some of his classmates.

News > Spokane

Letter to Freeman High School parents and students from Superintendent Randy Russell

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

Dear Freeman Family, This is Randy Russell, superintendent.

News > Spokane

Washington requires students, staff to train monthly for emergencies

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

The day before a Freeman High School shooting that killed one student and injured three others, the rural school district conducted a routine lockdown drill. The drills are required monthly by state law.

News > Spokane

Kids needs reassurance, empathy after Freeman High School shooting

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

In the wake of Wednesday’s shooting at Freeman High School, kids will be looking to their parents for reassurance and help making sense of the tragedy.

Opinion > Column

Shawn Vestal: The agonizing wait for a call, a text

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

Parents filled the parking lot outside the high school, waiting for word, desperate for news. Texting furiously. Phones to their ears. Eyes wet, faces red. Hands over mouths. Some had heard from their children inside, and some had not.

News > Spokane

One student dead, three in hospital after classmate opens fire at Freeman High School

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

A sophomore boy brought a rifle and a handgun to Freeman High School just as classes were starting Wednesday morning, killing one student and seriously injuring three others, according to witnesses and investigators.

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