City to add chlorine to water supply

Post Falls will add chlorine to its water system starting Monday as part of a regular maintenance program to ensure safe drinking water. The treatment will continue through Nov. 10.

The city treats the water twice yearly, in spring and fall. Water users may experience an odor or different taste to the water.

The city encourages customers to put water in a pitcher and let it sit out for a short time, which allows the chlorine to dissipate.

For more information, call the water division at (208) 777-9857.

Spokane

School officials say ‘hit list’ harmless

There was no malicious intent behind a “hit list” found at Garry Middle School last week, officials at Spokane Public Schools announced Tuesday.

The middle schooler who wrote the list told investigators no harm was intended, said spokesman David Beil. Officials refused to release the student’s name, gender or grade level.

Administrators expelled the student but have not made a decision whether the student’s discipline will be a short- or long-term expulsion, Beil said.

The piece of paper, titled “Hit List,” was found on the middle school campus Thursday, Beil said. The list contained 30 names, first names only. The families of the students were notified as a precaution, Beil said.

Woman found stuck near dead husband

Spokane police are investigating an incident early Tuesday morning in which, according to court documents, an obese woman was trapped between a wall and the bed in which her husband lay dead.

The woman, Diane McCraw, 49, reportedly was incoherent when officers broke down her apartment door at 2313 S. Southeast Blvd. about 2 a.m. Later, though, officers said she told them she had been fighting with her husband, 47-year-old James Wyatt McCraw, and that they had “overdosed.”

Detectives said in search-warrant documents that Diane McCraw wasn’t immediately able to provide more information, but they learned that she had taken methadone and that James McCraw had a history of mental illness and drug abuse.

Police were summoned to the apartment by a neighbor who reported hearing a loud crash after listening to a woman saying, “Help me,” for 30 to 45 minutes. Officers also reported hearing a woman calling for help just before they broke down the McCraws’ door.

Court documents say James McCraw, who showed no sign of injury, appeared to have been trying to place a telephone call when he died.