Winda Benedetti

In 1918, Thelma Wilson got behind the wheel of a car for the very first time and drove away. She was 91 years old before she finally stopped.

Christina Rose Finney, one of North Idaho's top high school runners, died in Thursday crash.

Policing the lakes Kootenai County Sjeriff's Sgt. Dan Soumas looks out over Lake Coeur d'Alene Satrday as part of the department's marine patrol. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

Kootenai County Sheriff's Deputy Don Kline puts a last-minute shine on the lead D.A.R.E. vehicle in the parade. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

Curt Doty

Police are searching for a Washington fugitive who tried to run over one police officer and then rammed his truck into another officer's patrol car, according to Idaho State Police. Judge John Luster issued a $150,000 arrest warrant Wednesday for Benjamin Lee Thomas, 32, of Bellingham, Wash.

Evelyn Schwenk spent Tuesday morning cleaning a stranger's blood off her front porch. John S. Gray, 26, had been stabbed eight times the night before.

Deputies arrested two Coeur d'Alene teens Monday after they intentionally had hit a third youth with the door of a pickup truck, according to Kootenai County sheriff's officials. Thomas Boyer, 16, was hospitalized with bruises, lacerations and possible internal injuries after he had been smacked from behind with the truck door.

A man found dead Sunday in Wolf Lodge Creek was supposed to appear in court in March. But Timothy P. Williams, 39, never showed up.

For the second time in six months, Dennis P. Morency will give blood. This time, he'll give it to a nurse, not a police dog.

A high-speed pursuit sent two Kootenai County sheriff's deputies to the hospital and one man to jail early Tuesday. The chase began with a stolen van in Coeur d'Alene and ended in a four-vehicle pileup in Post Falls, according to law enforcement reports.

FOR THE RECORD: Saturday, May 13, 1995 CORRECTION: Former Shoshone County Sheriff Frank Crnkovich has paid his attorney Sam Eismann. Friday's edition stated otherwise. The money Shoshone County plans to pay Crnkovich will reimburse him for those attorney's fees. Frank Crnkovich

Duncan McKenzie Jr. took some dark secrets to the grave with him. What he left behind was a mystery that has haunted a Coeur d'Alene family for more than 20 years.

More than 30 military vehicles, including several armored personnel carriers and a 60-ton tank, rolled through Kootenai County on Saturday morning. And life went on as usual.

Pop bottles, compact discs, fast-food wrappers and cigarettes. It's the kind of stuff people toss out of their cars, littering the side of the highway.

With an increasing number of students enrolled in the Lakeland School District, officials there say it's time to consider adding an alternative high school. Currently, Lakeland students who want an alternative school make the trip to the Post Falls New Visions high school. But the school's distance from Lakeland and its long waiting list can make it an inconvenient option.

This graffiti over I-90 is said to be the work of 'taggers.' Photo by Kootenai County Sheriff's Department

Darcy Malone and Mindy Floerchinger eye the stack of mail with suspicion. Do the packages carry supplies or do they hold a bomb? Are the envelopes delivering letters - or death?

Defense attorney Dan Rude tries to convince the jury of his client's innocence. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

Robert Quast takes a spin around the Iron Horse Restaurant on Thursday after being given a new motorized cart by two KEZE disc jockeys. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

A 4-year-old Kootenai County boy died Tuesday from wounds he suffered when his father accidentally shot him 10 days before. Grayson W. Drew died at Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle of multiple organ failure, said Dean Forbes, hospital spokesman. On April 15, Joseph F. Drew was target practicing with his .22-caliber rifle at the family's home on Loff's Bay Road. The youth suddenly ran out in front of his father, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department. Grayson Drew was shot in the wrist and chest and was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. On Saturday, he was transferred to the Seattle children's hospital, where his condition slowly deteriorated, Forbes said. His liver had been damaged by the bullet, Forbes said. The boy then suffered from liver failure, which caused the other major organs to shut down, he said. The sheriff's department determined the shooting was accidental.

Kenneth Blair keeps his emotions tucked inside when he's the target of racial slurs. But the 20-year-old black man didn't hide his disappointment Wednesday with a decision handed down by a Benewah County jury.

Post Falls firefighter Frank Telch pauses while cleaning up a trailer fire Tuesday. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

A man who threatened to kill his wife after a week of marriage could spend up to 10 years in prison. On Tuesday, a jury found Mark Bergenske guilty of two counts of aggravated assault.