PM Headlines — 9.28.12

Ryan Lamb takes a break from eating his banana Thursday as he glances up to inspect the branches of a 55-year-old oak tree in the front yard of Tom Jacobson’s Coeur d’Alene home. Lamb and his first grade class from Sorensen Magnet Elementary School visited the site to learn about the tree and enjoy a lunch under it’s branches. Also photographed from left, Daniel Dolan, Gavin Bohm, Amelia Hadley and Adelaide Bowman. Story here. (AP Photo/Coeur d’Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos)

• Hobo spider season begins /KHQ
• Bonner County commissioner running as write-in /Bee
• Ex-Boise State player beaten, mom wants answers /KTVB
• CPD arrests suspect in Tesoro, Walgreens robbers /KREM
• Ad touting school reform tells just part of story /Betsy Russell, SR
• Mullan mayor, council member targeted for recall /Kelsey Saintz, SNP
• Why Thompson remains free, publicly defended /Heidi Groover, Inlander
• Farris to Labrador: ‘Listen to Idaho, not Florida ‘/Dan Popkey, Statesman
• Idaho teachers leave profession in bigger numbers /Jessie L. Bonner, AP
• Post Falls receives $400K for cutting-edge phone system /Brian Walker, Press