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News >  Nation/World

For A Beautiful Ewe Kids Learn Tricks Of The Trade When Showing Livestock

Thu., Aug. 24, 1995

Primping for the fair. Katie Carhart, 10, of Rathdrum, Idaho, washes her pig, Corky, Wednesday in preparation for showing at the North Idaho Fair. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Idaho

Fired Officer Who Filed Suit Runs For Sheriff Dickson, Removed From Department, Wants To Replace Former Boss Clegg

Wed., Aug. 23, 1995

A former captain who was fired from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department announced Tuesday that he will run for sheriff. Thomas H. Dickson's announcement comes three months after he filed suit against the sheriff's department and the county commissioners over his firing.

News >  Nation/World

Truckers Stuck In Cda After Tar Spill Driver Ticketed After Losing Viscous Load On I-90

Wed., Aug. 23, 1995

Sticky stiuation Idaho State Police Cpl. Douglas Orr attempts to traverse a river of hot tar that an overturned tanker spilled onto I-90 Tuesday. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Idaho

Teenagers Say Chores Lead To Molestation Harrison Man Denies Charges, But Trial Ordered

Tue., Aug. 22, 1995

Leombruno

News >  Idaho

Contest Nearly Scratched Few Entrants But Lots Of Fun At Post Falls Fest

Sun., Aug. 20, 1995

Bonita Weimer works with her dachshund, Boompus, before the Post Falls Der Weiner Dog Personality Contest. Boompus brought up the rear. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Idaho

Missing Teen Girl Found Dead In Car Sandpoint 17-Year-Old Apparently Careened Off Highway Monday

Sun., Aug. 20, 1995

A 17-year-old Sandpoint girl who had been missing since Monday was found dead Friday night. Idaho State Police believe Jean Ann Heimsoth died when her car careened off Highway 57 about three miles north of Priest River, Idaho. Although officers believe the crash occurred about 8 p.m. Monday, her crushed 1990 Geo Metro was not found until 5 p.m. Friday.

News >  Idaho

Cove-Mallard Protesters Arraigned In Cda Scolded By Judge For Chatting In The Face Of Federal Charges

Sat., Aug. 19, 1995

Steve Wandrus, left, hands papers back to A. Mark Liiv, center, who sits next to Zachary Griefen in front of the federal courthouse in CdA on Friday. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Idaho

Post Falls Force Going To The Dogs

Sat., Aug. 19, 1995

The Post Falls Police Department wants to add a member to the force - but this one would have four legs and a tail. The department has asked the City Council to approve hiring - or rather buying - its first police dog.

News >  Idaho

Jurors Convict Cda Man Of Shooting Friend Jury Decides On Lesser Charge Of Attempted Second-Degree Murder

Thu., Aug. 17, 1995

A Coeur d'Alene man accused of attempted first-degree murder was instead found guilty of a lesser charge Wednesday. After five hours of deliberation, a jury found Daniel W. Buckley guilty of attempted second-degree murder for shooting his friend in the neck with a hunting rifle.

News >  Nation/World

Toddler Dies 6 Months After Near Drowning 2-Year-Old Had Survived One Hour In Icy Creek

Thu., Aug. 17, 1995

A 2-year-old girl died Wednesday, six months after she survived an hour in the frigid waters of a flooding North Idaho Creek. Nicole Marlin died at about 3 a.m. at Sacred Heart Medical Center from an infection.

News >  Idaho

Athol Man Faces Charge In Tot’s Death Detective Says Injury Not Caused By Fall From Bed

Tue., Aug. 15, 1995

A 23-year-old Athol man was charged Monday in the death of a 2-1/2-year old boy who suffered a severe blow to the head. Kevin B. Merwin was charged with injury to a child and could face five to 10 years in prison if convicted, according to Kootenai County sheriff's officials.

News >  Idaho

Man Claims He Shot His Friend In Self-Defense Words Over Debt Led To Attempted Murder Charge

Tue., Aug. 15, 1995

A man charged with attempted first-degree murder believes he was defending himself when he shot his friend in the neck, his attorney said Monday. Monday was the first day of Daniel Buckley's attempted murder trial.

News >  Idaho

Police Believe Search Turned Up 17th Meth Lab Three Houses Searched, Seven People Arrested On Drug Charges

Tue., Aug. 15, 1995

Narcotics officers may have found the makings of a methamphetamine lab. Chemicals in 30 containers discovered in a Dalton Gardens home last Friday appear to be the supplies for a methamphetamine lab - the 17th to be busted in Idaho this year.

News >  Spokane

Two Spokane Men Arrested After I-90 Chase

Tue., Aug. 15, 1995

Sheriff's deputies arrested two Spokane men Monday morning after they raced a stolen pickup truck down the wrong side of Interstate 90. A Kootenai County Sheriff's deputy ran his patrol car into the fleeing truck in order to stop it from crashing into oncoming traffic, sheriff's officials said.

News >  Idaho

Driver Allegedly Endangered Kids Police Say Intoxicated Mother Was Swerving Vehicle Down I-90

Fri., Aug. 11, 1995

Idaho State Police arrested an Olympia couple for endangering four children Wednesday after their mother swerved their vehicle dangerously down Interstate 90, police say. The children's mother, Carole E. Digaetano, 36, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor injury to a child, drunken driving and child endangerment. She was jailed in lieu of $2,422 bond.

News >  Idaho

Dad’s Quick Reaction Saves Boy

Wed., Aug. 9, 1995

Rescue personnel escort Ramona and Dennis Higgins with 22-month-old Curran. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Idaho

‘Doctor’ Facing New Sex Charges Registered Sex Offender Posed As Psychiatrist, Officials Say

Tue., Aug. 8, 1995

A 46-year-old registered sex offender is accused of molesting a teenage boy Friday while posing as a psychiatrist, according to sheriff's officials. Larry Leombruno of Harrison, Idaho, was charged Monday with sexual battery of a minor.

News >  Idaho

Shoshone County Needs Additional Foster Homes

Sun., Aug. 6, 1995

Shoshone County needs more foster homes. Twenty-nine children were placed in Shoshone County foster care during 1994, said Dennis Coe, Health and Welfare human services supervisor.

News >  Idaho

Wooden Creations Grace Green

Sun., Aug. 6, 1995

Kevin Pearce checks out a wooden fire engine Saturday. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Nation/World

Traffic Tickets Snarl Idaho Courts Drivers Who Protest Infractions Are In It For The Long Haul

Thu., Aug. 3, 1995

Cindy O'Reilly enters a day's worth of traffic tickets into the Kootenai County computer system. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

News >  Idaho

Campground Fatality Appears Accidental Victim’s Father Forgives Friend Who Accidentally Killed His Son

Tue., Aug. 1, 1995

Larry Jenkins was enjoying a quiet evening around the campfire Saturday when two men carrying a rifle wandered onto his campground. Shivering and shocked, they told Jenkins, a Spokane respiratory therapist, they had just shot their good friend and needed help.

News >  Idaho

Arson Cover-Up Lands Man In Prison

Thu., July 27, 1995

A man accused of covering up an arson fire in exchange for $10,000 will spend at least six months in prison, a judge ordered Wednesday. Randell E. Williams pleaded guilty to accessory to arson after a fire destroyed his friend's Harrison, Idaho, home.

News >  Idaho

Man Indicted For Murder In Shooting His Former Girlfriend, A 38-Year-Old Mother Of 4, Was Shot In Neck Outside Plummer Bar

Wed., July 26, 1995

A 22-year-old Plummer, Idaho, man who is accused of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend June 10 has been indicted by a federal grand jury on second-degree murder charges. Don Houser also has been indicted for possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

News >  Idaho

Resignations Worry Judges, Inmates Three Of 7 Public Defenders Leaving, Meaning Case Backlog Likely To Grow

Sun., July 23, 1995

Kootenai County public defenders face a double whammy - or maybe it's a triple. First, the office's chief defender announced his resignation in May. Then two deputy public defenders handed in their resignations last week.

News >  Idaho

Man Sues Former Officer Two Years After His Arrest

Sat., July 22, 1995

A Post Falls man is suing a former police officer, after being hit with a baton during an arrest two years ago. Patrick Clancy, 40, filed suit Thursday against former officer Daniel G. Finn, who left the Post Falls Police Department shortly after the incident.