Stories by Jonathan Glover for the Spokesman-Review

News > Spokane

With viral tweet, WSU student raises tens of thousands in donations for St. Jude Children’s Hospital

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 29, 2017

Washington State University student Danni Messina probably didn’t expect to be hundreds of thousands of dollars in “debt” a few days after pledging to donate to a children’s hospital.

News > Spokane

Firefighters battle blaze at window company in east Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 29, 2017

The Spokane Fire Department worked for several hours to knock down a commercial building blaze near Riverside Avenue and Helena Street.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Deceased male discovered in alleyway near Stevens Elementary School

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 28, 2017

Spokane police detectives are investigating a body that was discovered near Stevens Elementary School.

News > Spokane

Starbuds Cannabis robber used stolen U-Haul truck as getaway vehicle

Mon., Nov. 27, 2017

A man suspected of shooting a clerk and robbing Starbuds Cannabis on Tuesday evening was caught because police found the U-Haul truck he used to escape the scene.

News > Spokane

Domestic violence, death at Newman Lake home on Thanksgiving leave family devastated

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 27, 2017

Clutching a framed photograph of Tina Stewart to his chest, Don Estus struggled to put into words just how much she meant to him.

News > Spokane

Family, friends say 16-year-old Sudan refugee missing since Friday

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 27, 2017

The family and friends of a 16-year-old refugee from Sudan are asking the public’s help in locating the missing teen.

News > Spokane

Convicted sex offender killed in North Idaho when deer launched into windshield

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 27, 2017

A 70-year-old former high school counselor, who was convicted in 1994 of sexually exploiting a female student, was killed Sunday near Sagle, Idaho, afternoon when a deer hit by another driver launched into his windshield.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Man injured in Hillyard house fire

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 26, 2017

A man suffered minor burns from a late night house fire in Hillyard.

News > Spokane

Direct to your door: Spokane-area grocery delivery

Fri., Nov. 24, 2017

Whether it’s through a company that fulfills grocery delivery like UberEATS does for restaurants, or it’s a grocery chain fulfilling delivery in-house, here are the stores you can rely on to take care of that grocery list for you.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Idaho State Police find missing 73-year-old man dead in car wreckage

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 22, 2017

A 73-year-old man was killed when his vehicle left the roadway near the Kootenai County and Benewah County line. Robert R. Westbrook, of Smelterville, Idaho, was reported missing at about 6:45 p.m. Monday by concerned family members when he failed to return home from a medical appointment in Hayden, Idaho State Police said in a news release. Troopers pinged his cellphone, which put him in the area of Rose Lake on state Highway 97 and state Highway 3.

News > Spokane

Volunteers pay it forward at Tom’s Turkey Drive

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 21, 2017

Aaron Brown grabbed box after box full of 12-pound turkeys, apples, bread, stuffing, canned goods and milk from a towering pallet. It was taller than him, and it was raining, but his smile was infectious and it was easily spreading.

News > Spokane

Lewiston double homicide suspect arrested in Oregon

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 21, 2017

A 73-year-old suspect in a Lewiston double homicide was arrested just south of the Washington-Oregon state line Tuesday morning.

News > Spokane

Police looking for SUV that crashed into north Spokane grocery store Monday afternoon

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 21, 2017

An SUV crashed into De Leon Foods in north Spokane Monday afternoon, nearly hitting a few shoppers before driving away.

News > Spokane

Spokane Fire Department selects first woman assistant chief

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 21, 2017

For the first time in city history, a woman will be in leadership of the the Spokane Fire Department

News > Spokane

Police say woman used complex ruse to kidnap baby in Spokane

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 21, 2017

Fern T. Littlecalf, jailed on three counts of second-degree kidnapping, had what police describe as an extensive network of fake names and aliases, all working together for one goal: to kidnap a 6-month-old child from his mother.

News > Spokane

With 10,000 refugees welcomed, World Relief Spokane marks important milestone

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 19, 2017

World Relief Spokane recently passed an important milestone, successfully relocating their 10,000th refugee. It’s a milestone they hope to pass again.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Woman arrested Saturday in north Spokane domestic violence shooting

Sun., Nov. 19, 2017

A woman is in jail after police say she shot her boyfriend in the leg in north Spokane.

News > Spokane

Dozens of new guinea pigs for Nine Mile Falls family after tiny ‘casanova’ infiltrates ranks

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 16, 2017

The mystery began earlier this summer, when the Leake family of Nine Mile Falls purchased what they believed to be their twelth female guinea pig. All was quiet on the rodent front for a few weeks, until 16-year-old Sanford noticed baby Kevynne acting a bit frisky.

News > Spokane

High-speed crash that killed teens last year spurs lawsuit

Thu., Nov. 16, 2017

More than a year after a high-speed crash killed two teenage boys in Kootenai County, the family of one of the slain teens is suing the other alleging wrongful death.

News > Spokane

Man injured in north Spokane while illegally crossing the street

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 15, 2017

A man is suffering from potentially life-threatening injuries after police say he was jaywalking through an intersection in north Spokane Tuesday night.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Police searching for two people accused of robbing convenience store in northeast Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 15, 2017

Police are looking for a man and a woman suspected of robbing a convenience store early Wednesday morning.

News > Spokane

Prosecutors won’t file charges against Spokane police officer suspected of domestic violence

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 14, 2017

The Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office has elected not to file charges against a Spokane police officer suspected of assaulting his wife.

News > Spokane

Municipal Court candidate who lost election bid after DUI charge back at work as assistant city prosecutor

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 13, 2017

It’s been five months since Municipal Court judicial candidate Adam Papini worked as a lawyer. Today, that changed.

News > Spokane

Police arrest man suspected of hitting and killing a woman with his truck and then driving away

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 13, 2017

Police arrested a man accused of hitting and killing a woman in north Spokane before fleeing the scene in his truck.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police chief, ombudsman say they want to rewrite use-of-force policy

Mon., Nov. 13, 2017

Spokane, unlike other municipalities, is vague in its application of less-than-lethal tactics as laid out in the police department’s Use of Force Policy, Logue said. Specifically, there’s little clarity in the department’s treatment of what Logue calls the “sanctity of life.”

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