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Post Falls Teen Dies, Another Injured In Crash Police Say Car Ran Stop Sign Before Colliding With Pickup

Tue., July 23, 1996

Firefighters and ambulance personnel at the accident scene. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

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Plea Bargain Angers Mother Harrison Man’s Second Conviction For Molesting A Teenage Boy

Sat., July 20, 1996

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News >  Idaho

Repairs Will Affect Parts Of Interstate 90

Sat., July 20, 1996

State maintenance crews will repair several sections of Interstate 90 beginning Monday if weather permits, the Idaho Transportation Department announced. The repairs are part of an ongoing maintenance effort and are as follows: I-90, Northwest Boulevard to U.S. 95 overpass, eastbound lanes: Crews will remove the top layer of pavement in preparation for a new asphalt surface to be applied.

News >  Nation/World

Cda Braces For Sequel To July 4 Melee Police Prepare For Next Independence Day Invasion

Tue., July 16, 1996

The Fourth of July holiday may be nothing more than a fizzling memory, but its image has been burned into the Coeur d'Alene psyche. It's an image that Kootenai County police and government officials hope not to relive.

News >  Idaho

Former State Worker Pleads Guilty To Theft But Woman Admits No Wrongdoing Over Missing Child Support Money

Fri., July 12, 1996

An Idaho Department of Health and Welfare employee accused of stealing more than $24,000 from the state has pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft. Janine S. Edwards entered her guilty plea Wednesday in exchange for the prosecutor's office dismissing six additional counts of grand theft.

News >  Nation/World

Coach Takes Leave Amid Sex Charges Mather Steps Away From American Legion Baseball

Thu., July 11, 1996

The head coach for Coeur d'Alene's American Legion baseball team agreed to take a leave of absence Wednesday after he was accused of molesting school girls. The Kootenai County prosecutor's office has charged Paul T. Mather, 49, with sexual abuse of children after five girls told authorities that Mather had been touching their breasts and buttocks.

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Youth Help Line Running Short Around-The-Clock Hot Line For Teens Needs Money, More Volunteers

Sun., July 7, 1996

They helped teenagers cope with depression, school problems and dating dilemmas. They even helped prevent teens from committing suicide. Now, the volunteers who work at Coeur d'Alene's Youth Help Line are looking for people to help them.

News >  Nation/World

Violence Mars Holiday In N. Idaho Fights, Drunkeness Overwhelm Authorities As Revelers Crowd Downtown Coeur D’Alene

Sat., July 6, 1996

Sparks flew in downtown Coeur d'Alene - and they weren't coming only from Fourth of July fireworks. Tired and frustrated on Friday, Kootenai County authorities say the Independence Day crowd in downtown Coeur d'Alene was one of the largest - and rowdiest - they've seen in recent years.

News >  Nation/World

Racism Rears Its Shaved Head Reports Of Hate Crimes On The Rise As Skinheads Make Their Presence Felt On Sherman Avenue

Thu., July 4, 1996

Racial epithets were scrawled across the car in black marker. Fourteen handwritten messages posted on the vehicle contained racial slurs and swastikas, demanding that the car's owners move away. One message threatened death.

News >  Idaho

Woman Accepts Plea Bargain In Abuse Case Campanelli Pleads Guilty To Injury To A Child; Former Boyfriend Already Convicted Of Felony Abuse That Left Child Dead

Wed., July 3, 1996

A woman whose daughter died after being severely abused pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor. Eileen Campanelli, 32, of Hayden, pleaded guilty to injury to a child but only after the Kootenai County prosecutor's office agreed to reduce the charge against her from a felony. In accepting the plea, Campanelli admitted only that she put her child in a dangerous situation.

News >  Idaho

July 4th Parade Nearly Canceled Democrats Sue Over Rules On Fliers

Tue., July 2, 1996

After 100 years, the Fourth of July parade in Coeur d'Alene was nearly called off Monday. The Fourth of July Parade Committee almost called it quits after the Kootenai County Democrats filed a lawsuit against organizers Friday, said parade spokesman Dennis Hall.

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Man Charged For Bomb Found In Park ‘It Wasn’t Made To Hurt Anybody,’ Coeur D’Alene Man Told Investigators

Wed., June 19, 1996

A 19-year-old Coeur d'Alene man has been charged with a crime for leaving a bomb near a Coeur d'Alene elementary school last month. Barclay D. Bennett was charged June 7 with keeping explosives in city limits. The misdemeanor charge carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail.

News >  Idaho

Runaway Truck Causes Sidewalk Scare Driver In Critical Condition, Apparently Lost Conciousness, Rammed Building

Wed., June 19, 1996

David M. Wood's truck crashed into the old Masonic Temple building in Coeur d'Alene. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

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Shoshone County Prosecutor To Become New Magistrate

Wed., June 19, 1996

Shoshone County Prosecutor Dan McGee will be leaving office for a new job next month. But he won't have to go far - he won't even have to leave his building. The First District's Magistrate Commission selected McGee to be the new Shoshone County magistrate judge, replacing the spot left by Judge Neil Walter.

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Husband Charged In Beating Wife’s Condition Improves To Serious

Tue., June 18, 1996

Loss

News >  Nation/World

Thieves Steal 20 Computers In Last 5 Weeks Police Suspect One Group Is Responsible For Most Of Thefts

Tue., June 18, 1996

It's a computer virus of sorts - one that eats monitors, printers and modems whole. In the past five weeks, 20 computers from across Kootenai County have vanished.

News >  Idaho

Cortez Found Guilty Jury Convicts Man Of Abusing Girlfriend’s Child, Who Died

Sat., June 15, 1996

Cortez

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They’re Sky High About Race Ann Easterly, Cheryl Cox In Arizona-Florida Event

Sat., June 15, 1996

Cheryl Cox and Ann Easterly plan to join the All Women's Air Race classic that starts in Arizona and ends in Florida. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Nation/World

‘You Know You Did It,’ Mom Shouts At Trial Ex-Boyfriend Accused In Death Of Child; Mother Faces Trial, Too

Wed., June 12, 1996

Eileen Campanelli shouts at Federico Cortez after testifying Tuesday her former boyfriend caused the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Nation/World

Boyfriend Blames Mom In Child’s Death Rathdrum Man, Mother Both Charged With Felony Injury Of 2-Year-Old Girl

Tue., June 11, 1996

Federico Cortez with his lawyer on Monday. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Nation/World

A Glaring Loophole In Domestic Violence Law Task Force Wants State To Allow Protection Orders For Abused Dates

Mon., June 10, 1996

Kim was 17 years old when her mother found her beaten and frightened on a street corner. The girl's blue eyes were ringed with black. Dark imprints lined her arms. Sickly blue-green bruises marred her legs.

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Boy Wounded In Rifle Accident Shot By Older Brother At Home

Sun., June 9, 1996

Transferred by helicopter. Emergency personnel transport Jonathan L. Breitkreutz to the helicopter Saturday. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review <

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Man Dies In Forest Road Wreck Body Found Saturday Morning By Driver Who Stopped After Spotting Crash Site

Sun., June 9, 1996

Kootenai County Sheriff's Deputy Ken Dodge examines the pickup Saturday morning near Lakeview. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

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Nic Joins Call For New Crack At Local Tax Cut Embraced Again: A Bill To End Local Property Taxes As Fund Source

Sun., June 9, 1996

Legislators and community college officials from both northern and southern Idaho met via satellite Saturday to devise a plan to help reduce property taxes in three counties. They decided to push a bill that would have the state pay more for community colleges - rather than local property owners.

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Families Say Crossing Dangerous Suit Claims Poor Construction Helped Cause Deaths Of 3 Men

Fri., June 7, 1996

The families of three men who died when a train hit their truck are suing the state of Idaho and two railroad companies. Larry Guenzler, Ken Peek and Alan Meuli died on June 5, 1994, after a train ran into the truck they were riding in.