In brief: Motorist killed in head-on crash
A Deary, Idaho, man was killed Tuesday in a head-on crash with another Deary motorist.
The Idaho State Police said Kenneth L. Wildes, 53, was killed when an Isuzu Rodeo driven by 55-year-old Mitcheal A. Cooksey crossed the center line of State Highway 8, midway between Moscow and Troy, and struck Wildes’ Chevrolet Prism at 9:55 a.m.
Cooksey was taken to Gritman Medical Center in Moscow.
The hospital declined to give a condition report on Cooksey.
Coeur d’Alene
Police chief plans to leave this year
Coeur d’Alene police Chief Wendy Carpenter hasn’t formally announced that she’s retiring, but she said Monday it’s no secret she’s planning to leave the department sometime this year.
May 1 will be Carpenter’s 30th anniversary with the city Police Department.
“It’s a good department,” Carpenter said, adding that she was not unhappy with her work.
She said she was toying with the idea of being a snowbird and spending her winters in a warmer climate.
Carpenter began her career with Coeur d’Alene police in 1977 as a reserve officer and dispatcher.
Over the years she advanced, becoming a sergeant in 1991.
She was head of the department’s undercover drug task force for six years.
Carpenter was appointed chief in 2004, after then-Chief Tom Cronin resigned following a dispute with the City Council.
Carpenter said she will give the city three to four months’ notice once she decides on a retirement date.
– Taryn Brodwater
Boise
Program to preview legislative session
Idaho Public Television’s “Dialogue” program will look at the upcoming legislative session, which starts next week, in a live call-in program Thursday night.
Statehouse reporters, including Betsy Russell of The Spokesman-Review, Greg Hahn of the Idaho Statesman and Corey Taule of the Idaho Falls Post Register, will join host Joan Cartan-Hansen to discuss the 2007 legislative session and respond to calls from viewers.
The program airs Thursday at 7:30 p.m. PST.
It will be rebroadcast Sunday at 4:30 p.m., but without live calls.
Viewers can call in questions toll-free at (800) 973-9800.
The program also can be viewed on the Internet at www.idahoptv.org/dialogue.
– From staff reports