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News >  Spokane

STA Plaza suspect faces more charges

Police filed additional charges Friday of rape and kidnapping against a man accused of threatening to kill a woman and her baby at the Spokane Transit Authority Plaza downtown. Police say Tedzo C. Baker held two people against their will at a home on the 6000 block of South Napa Street on Sunday night, beat up a male victim and raped a female victim.
News >  Spokane

Police say man had knife at STA Plaza

A man is accused of threatening to kill a woman and her baby at the Spokane Transit Authority Plaza and lunging at them with a large knife. Police eventually deployed a stun gun to stop 38-year-old Tedzo Carzan Baker after he refused to obey their commands and reached for the knife as he yelled “you want this,” according to court documents.
News >  Spokane

‘Nutcracker’ will use recorded music if labor talks fail

Spokane Symphony management and musicians are returning to the bargaining table this week in an effort to reach a contract agreement before “The Nutcracker” ballet begins. If the dispute isn’t resolved in the next week, “The Nutcracker,” a holiday tradition for many local families, will be performed with recorded music instead of a live orchestra.
News >  Spokane

Spokane Symphony musicians’ lives busy, varied

Cellist Roberta Bottelli has several jobs. The foundation of her livelihood comes from her position as one of the Spokane Symphony’s core musicians, who made $17,460 a year under the latest contract. She earns the other 40 to 45 percent of her income through a combination of private lessons and teaching jobs at Whitworth University and Holy Names Music Center.
News >  Spokane

Staff Sgt. Stiltz remembered for character, love of country

Staff Sgt. Matthew H. Stiltz was remembered Saturday as a dedicated serviceman who loved the Army. “My brother Matt was a soldier,” said Stiltz’s brother, Jeff Stiltz. “That was his life and he would do it again if he had the chance. I will always remember the brother I grew up with, but I will honor him for the soldier he was.”
News >  Spokane

City considering COPS reform

Spokane’s relationship with nonprofit Community Oriented Policing Services was jolted this month as the city considers program changes at the neighborhood centers it funds. COPS board Chairman Jack Brucick sent a letter dated Nov. 7 to police Chief Frank Straub and neighborhood services Director Jonathan Mallahan, raising concerns the city was “seeking to unilaterally alter the relationship between itself and COPS, without the necessary negotiations” by moving forward with program changes.
News >  Spokane

Alleged killer led man to body

An Eastern State Hospital patient approached an employee making his rounds in the middle of the night. “I murdered someone,” the patient told the employee, according to court documents, “but you’re going to have to find him.”
News >  Health

Love, multiplied: Local families expand on National Adoption Day

Robert and Tammy Fritz love children. So much so that they’ve fostered 28 children over the last four years and adopted two, in addition to their two biological children. On Friday, they finalized the adoption of their family’s newest arrival, a 17-month-old boy named Jay, in Spokane County Superior Court.
News >  Spokane

Alleged shooter charged with attempted murder

A Spokane man faces a first-degree attempted murder charge for what detectives call a retaliatory shooting. Eugene “Low Key” McVay, 30, appeared in Spokane County Superior Court this week. McVay is accused of luring Donald L. Dyson to the Boulder Beach area on July 12 and firing six shots at him from a handgun, striking Dyson once in the leg.
News >  Spokane

Striking symphony musicians plan benefit concert, forum

The striking musicians of the Spokane Symphony are planning a show of their own Saturday. Five symphony performances have been canceled since the musicians announced the strike Nov. 3. With “The Nutcracker” set to begin in December, there is no end to the dispute in sight, though both sides say they’re hopeful an agreement will be reached to prevent further cancellations.
News >  Spokane

A solemn day at Fort George Wright

Onlookers quietly watched as a group of Scouts raised a flag Sunday to honor those who have served the nation. They were participating in a Veterans Day ceremony at the Fort George Wright Cemetery, which sits atop a bluff overlooking the Spokane River. David Guinsler, commander of Airway Heights Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3386, said the ceremony was a celebration of the courage and patriotism of veterans past and present.
News >  Marijuana

Six teens injured in rollover crash

A crash involving marijuana and excessive speed Friday night landed six teenagers in local hospitals, one in critical condition. Spokane County sheriff’s deputies responded to the rollover crash at about 10:16 p.m. in the 13700 block of South Betz Road, northwest of Cheney, according to sheriff’s Detective David Thornburg. Upon arriving, they discovered a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder had rolled off the roadway, ejecting two of the occupants.
News >  Spokane

Vehicle fire at mall forces unwelcome intermission

Robyn Gett stood on the sidewalk outside River Park Square on Saturday with her small popcorn and soda, watching the commotion. She was in the middle of previews at the AMC movie theater when an intercom announcement told patrons to leave the building because of an emergency. Gett didn’t yet know the parking garage there was filled with smoke after a vehicle caught fire about 2:41 p.m.
News >  Spokane

Symphony cancels four additional concerts

The Spokane Symphony announced Wednesday that several more performances will be canceled as its musicians continue to strike. Spokane Symphony Board President Peter Moye said in a news release that “we are dismayed that we have been forced into the position of canceling this much anticipated lineup of concert experiences.”
News >  Health

In-vitro fertilization is available to active-duty military

Sean and Sarah Halsted couldn’t imagine life without children. They met in college while on the Washington State University rowing team. After graduating, Sean Halsted followed in the tradition of his family and joined the Air Force. The sweethearts then married, looking forward to a life together of promise and children.
News >  Features

Picket replaces symphony performance

Musicians of the Spokane Symphony Orchestra took to the picket lines Saturday instead of the stage. The musicians, who announced Friday night they were going on strike after months of contract negotiations with the Spokane Symphony Society, picketed outside Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox on Saturday evening.
News >  Spokane

Volunteers glean at Green Bluff for food bank

Dozens of volunteers gleaned for the greater good Saturday. They flocked to Green Bluff to pick thousands of pounds of leftover produce to donate to Second Harvest Food Bank to help feed families and seniors in the region. The harvest is based on an ancient practice called gleaning, in which remaining crops are picked after farmers’ fields are commercially harvested, often to feed people who struggle to put food on the table.