AM Headlines — 5.17.17

A former Veterans Administration police detective said he was ordered off his investigation last year after he began probing links between the suspicious deaths of Brenda Thurman and Dr. John Marshall, who died six days apart in January 2016. Thomas Clouse/SR story here. (Photo courtesy of Suzan Marshall)

• Post Falls PD’s 1st K9 Koda dies /KREM
• Plummer man to face rape charge /Press
• K-9 helps subdue Spokane theft suspect /Press
• Woman charged in ransack of actor’s house /Bee
• Sandpoint woman finds purple heart at yard sale /KHQ
• Airway Heights residents told not to drink tap water /SR
• Lake City crews rescue ducklings from storm drain /KREM
• Wounded deputy Gagnon gets standing ovation /Daily Bee
• Dad charged after 2 missing kids found safe in Nevada /AP