AM Headlines — 5.12.11

Spring is in the hair: Krysy Castleberry, 13, enjoys the warm weather as she sports a balloon hatnear the Rotary Fountain in Riverfront Park on Wednesday. Castleberry saw the man known only as “The Balloon Guy” making a hat for a child. “I thought it was sweet - I had to have one,” she said. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• Wednesday Scanner Traffic /DFO, Hucks Online
• A couple of nice days coming before rain /Mike Prager, SR
• Median age jumps in North Idaho census data /Alison Boggs, SR
• Did Cyndi Steele read Fairfax’s diary? /Meghann Cuniff, Sirens & Gavels
• Coeur d’Alene angler Pluntz caught in lie /Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Bee
• Lt. Gov. Little ready for less federal funds /Alecia Warren, Press
• Moscow couple killed in crash with bus near McCall /Associated Press
• Cougar captured near Lewiston grocery store /Associated Press