An association of Spokane police supervisors is speaking out about perceived bias and negative press coverage of Spokane officers. Released to Spokane media and city officials Wednesday, a letter – written by the Spokane Police Lieutenants and Captains Association to commissioned officers on the force…
A man accused of raping a woman at the Davenport Hotel last weekend also is a suspect in two sexual assaults involving minors, court officials said Wednesday. Benjamin F. Cooper, 25, remains in jail on $150,000 bond after a woman he met at a bar…
The city of Spokane's Parks and Recreation Department is urging the public to donate to the Northeast Youth Center after a fundraiser was robbed on Saturday. The benefit car wash at the Yoke's parking lot on North Foothills Drive aimed to raise money to send…
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Friday crash near Wandermere Road and Glencrest Drive that fatally injured a Spokane woman who traveled to work by scooter. Rene Blaume, 54, was riding to her job as an in-home health care provider for a night…
When admitted killer Justin Crenshaw stabbed a friend in 2004, he did so after his friend refused to drive him to buy methamphetamine from a man named Spike. Crenshaw, who served 18 months for the attack, stabbed the teen in the upper shoulder as he…
SEATTLE (AP) — The alleged "Barefoot Bandit" is back in Washington state, where authorities say he began a two-year multistate crime spree. Colton Harris-Moore arrived Wednesday afternoon from Miami on a U.S. Marshals plane and was promptly transferred to a federal detention facility in SeaTac,…
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