Kevin Blocker

An escaped felon accused of robbing a Whitman County man at gunpoint led authorities on a high-speed chase through three counties before being arrested Wednesday night in Spokane. Jacob E. Miller, 23, was booked into the Spokane County Jail on suspicion of escape, burglary, robbery and eluding police.

You've heard of Walt Disney's story of "101 Dalmatians." Now the Montana Highway Patrol presents the tale of 101 cows. And the ending isn't pretty.

1. Spokane Police Chief Terry Mangan addresses a crowd gathered at GU's Jepson Center Auditorium to discuss race equity. Members of the black community voiced their views on harassment. Tim Buchanan Sr. sits at top left and his son, Tim Buchanan Jr., at top right. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review 2. Brandon Greenwood, left, and Alaric Dirmeyer complete a sign they hung in the Jepson Center lobby where a town hall meeting was held on Saturday afternoon.

As the appetizer arrives, Jason Bator contemplates which fork to use. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

A warm voice in the night. Disc jockey Devin James gets ready to start his 7 p.m.-to-midnight shift at KZZU-FM. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

From the heart of Spokane. Marlene Walters, front, giggles while Anni Ryan Meyer leaps in joy after Walters donated $1,000 in cash to help the orphans of Romania. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

Morris Dees, chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, delivered the Luvera Lecture Friday. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

Hutton sixth-grader Katie Johnson gets a victory hug from her first-grade teacher, Sue Ann Harnetiaux. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review

At a public rally, stabbing victim Tim Buchanan, right, listens to speakers talk about the lack of justice in his case. Buchanan was stabbed Sept. 7 at the Spokane County Fairgrounds. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

Chuck McFarland stands next to the spot where one of two bullets struck his 1973 Porsche Targe 911. McFarland was fired upon early Thursday morning at Seventh and Cannon. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

Ferris High School graduate Ryan Gee is the mascot for the Flying...make that Fighting Irish. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

1. Stabbing victim Tim Buchanan attends NAACP news conference Tuesday at attorney Carl Maxey's office. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 2. Carl Maxey attends NAACP news conference Tuesday. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

Tavern owner Dick Lee peers through the window of his establishment. A series of burglaries has shaken his faith in the Cheney Police Department. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review

A city law stripping the doors from video booths inside Spokane's adult arcades survived another legal test Monday. Spokane County Superior Court Judge Michael E. Donohue rejected a legal challenge to the ordinance, ruling that the 3-year-old ban on closed-door booths doesn't violate free speech rights. Two years ago, a federal judge made a similar ruling in another lawsuit.

Parents of a University High student question whether race is a reason the woman who allegedly stabbed their son has not been arrested. Tim Buchanan, who is black, and eyewitnesses said he was stabbed Sept. 7 at the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds by the mother of an East Valley student he was fighting.

Police are looking for four suspects who reportedly attacked a man early Wednesday morning. The 31-year-old victim told officers he was walking in the 2000 block of East Bridgeport when he was approached by four adult men. One of the suspects pulled out a handgun and held the muzzle to the victim's head. The man demanded money, and when the victim said he had none, the man struck him in the face with the gun, according to police.

A rise in workplace violence has forced many local businesses to hire guards and provide security training to employees. "It's our biggest fear," said Shelia Leslie, vice president of Argus Services, a security agency in the Valley. The majority of victims in these crimes are female workers. The perpetrators are usually estranged spouses or boyfriends, according to Sandy Richards, the crime prevention specialist for the police department.

Dominique Dawes, who stands 5-foot-3 and weights barely 95 pounds, was the first African-American gymnast to earn a gold medal in the history of the modern-day Olympic games. Photo by Associated Press

Jack Kevorkian and the RU-486 abortion pill are two reasons why America is "rapidly becoming an evil empire," one of the nation's most influential Christian conservatives said Friday. "Folks, we live in an evil age," syndicated columnist Cal Thomas said.

Norma Albers, Sally Packer, Paul Glade and Phyllis and Steve Judd wait to take a Lake CdA cruise. Albers, Glade and Steve Judd are WWII veterans. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

FOR THE RECORD: 9-14-96 John Luppert Sr., who died in a car accident this week, is survived by his wife, four children and three step-children. A story in Wednesday's paper gave an incomplete list of survivors. Tom Sahlberg of the Spokane County Collision Investigtion Unit takes video at the scene of Tuesday's fatal crash. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

The Colorado Rockies pitching staff gave up 18 runs in their last two games to the Cincinnati Reds. Their Class A farm club in Portland has given up just one to the Spokane Indians. Now no one will ever confuse Indians hitters with those of the Reds, but given the lack of horses in the bullpen in the Mile High city, well, some of these Portland pitchers may find themselves climbing the minor-league ladder a little sooner than expected.

If it takes an ambidextrous pitcher and practice uniforms to spark the Spokane Indians to a win, then so be it. Jake Chapman pitched six innings of two-hit ball and struck out nine, and the Indians, in their navy blue practice uniforms, beat the Everett AquaSox 9-1 in Northwest League baseball Monday night at Seafirst Stadium. Chapman, who pitches left but is a natural righty, faced just 20 batters, two above the minimum he could have faced in six innings of work, while improving his record to 4-0. In his last two outings, he has allowed just one run on three hits in 11 innings and struck out 13.

The good news first. The Spokane Indians didn't commit an error in Monday night's contest against the Southern Oregon Timberjacks. Unfortunately for Spokane, in front of a season-low crowd of 3,080, the Indians gave up four runs to the Timberjacks in the top of the ninth and were beaten 9-8. They entered the ninth leading 8-5.