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From left, Scot Haug of the Post Falls police, Al March of the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department and James Cotter of the Spirit Lake police talk with the media about drunken driving and problems it causes in North Idaho. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

An autopsy is scheduled today in Lewiston for a Coeur d'Alene man who was shot and killed on Thanksgiving while hunting with his brother in a remote area of Latah County. Sheriff Jeff Crouch said Friday the shooting of Michael C. McQueen was intentional. McQueen's death will be investigated as a homicide, Crouch said. Deputies have interviewed McQueen's brother and have questioned the man who shot McQueen, but no charges have been filed. Neither have they identified the man believed to have pulled the trigger.

Jeremy Schmitz arrives for court Friday. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

A Wallace man, whose teenage stepson is scheduled to stand trial for allegedly murdering a 52-year-old man, admitted Wednesday to helping the 15-year-old boy cover up the crime. Clifford A. Hicks, 45, avoided the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison by pleading guilty to being an accessory to the murder of Melvin Evenson in March.

1. Janis Nielson hugs prosecutor Rick Baughman after a jury convicted Henry Luke of attacking her mother. Nielson's husband, Richard, is at left. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review 2. Luke

A 27-year-old Spirit Lake man faces six felony charges after allegedly leading police on a wild chase across oncoming freeway traffic in a stolen pickup. Kootenai County sheriff's deputies arrested David Joe Holland late Monday after finding him curled up in a stairwell behind a Post Falls house. Deputies began chasing a stolen 1997 Dodge Ram 250 pickup when it drove through a ditch at a truck stop on Seltice Way and followed it onto Highway 41. Speeds reached 85 mph.

Prosecutors reminded jurors before they began deliberating Henry Luke's case Tuesday that among the evidence they had to consider is his confession and the discovery of his gloves at the scene. Luke, 39, is charged with attempted first-degree murder by torture and burglary in the brutal attack on Dorothy Kjera, 83, last December. Luke faces up to half a life term in prison - about 15 years - if convicted.

An Idaho State Police officer's former girlfriend was charged Monday with pointing his service pistol at him during a weekend dispute at his home. Gretchen J. Vanslate, 25, also turned officer Paul Burke's police-issued pepper spray on him and punched him several times, according to a Coeur d'Alene police report taken after the Friday night incident.

A 15-year-old Post Falls girl was being held Monday on a charge of conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with last week's stabbing death of an elderly Coeur d'Alene man. The girl was arrested Sunday night in Post Falls by Kootenai County sheriff's deputies, said Coeur d'Alene police Capt. Carl Bergh. Police said the girl, who was listed as a runaway, was found at an undisclosed Post Falls home.

Two people involved in a suspected murder-suicide were found in this Coeur d'Alene house on Wednesday. Photo by Associated Press

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Coeur d'Alene police detective Dan Dixon pulls the doorknobs from the home of Patrick Victorino. Investigators spent Wednesday gathering evidence. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

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1. 70-year-old man slain. Two teens are led to police cars Monday. Three boys were detained at a Post Falls home, but two of them were released and are not considered suspects in the death of a CdA man. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. Sheriff's deputies and police officers get into position Monday near a Post Falls home.

1. Touching farewell. Robert Smith, comforted by Jeff Vogl, places his hand on the casket of former classmate Nicholas Scherling, who was struck and killed by a care after school Monday. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. Nicholas Scherling 3. Mark Scherling, father of Nich Scherling, is hugged by Post Falls Police Sgt. Pete Marion at Nick's funeral Friday. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

Three employees at the Burger King fast-food restaurant in Sandpoint have been fired after a Bonner County sheriff's deputy saw one of them spit into his sandwich and scoop up french fries off the floor. One of the employees was a teenager who had previously been arrested by Deputy John Lunde, said restaurant owner Scott Hatter. The employee, who was not identified, apparently was seeking revenge. The restaurant conducted an investigation and fired the employee and two others who participated in the incident as soon as the deputy's complaint was confirmed, Hatter said.

The City of Coeur d'Alene has until next month to rescind a building permit issued illegally for a home on Sanders Beach, a district judge ruled Thursday. But boulders placed on the beach can stay - for now. The judge said it wasn't his job to order them removed. "I don't think it was part of what I was asked to do," First District Judge Gary Haman said. Haman ruled last month that a footings and foundation permit issued to Joe Chapman violated a long-standing prohibition on buildings south of East Lakeshore Drive and ordered the city to rescind the permit.

1. Connie Bickley leaves Kootenai County Jail on Wednesday with an unidentified supporter after posting a $5,000 bond. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review 2. Bickley

Nicholas Scherling's family gathers Tuesday afternoon at a memorial set up on the spot where the boy was struck and killed Monday evening by a pickup along Seltice Way in Post Falls. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

A Coeur d'Alene teenager was being held Monday on charges that he stood over his girlfriend, raised an ax and threatened to kill her before briefly holding police at bay. Steven J. Johnson, 19, also allegedly ran at police with a knife. Officers used pepper spray to thwart Johnson's advance and eventually talked him into surrendering, according to a police report.

North Idaho College attorney Michael Ramsden argued Friday that sick building hysteria contributed to a former student's ailments, not noxious gases and chemicals. A nine-woman, three-man jury apparently agreed and found the college was not negligent for failing to warn former NIC business student Sharon Foster, 59, about potential hazards in the Hedlund Building.

Bus-ted. Carol Brown, transportation director for the Coeur d'Alene School District, holds more than 100 reports of drivers passing school buses that were stopped with their lights flashing and crossing arms out. Local police agencies plan a crackdown in the coming weeks. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review