An attorney representing Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. is asking a federal judge to postpone the March 7 trial while an appeals court considers questions over the admissibility of certain information about the fatal encounter with Otto Zehm . Carl Oreskovich (right) wrote…
An apparent trip to buy chocolate milk led to a felony drug arrest Tuesday night in Spokane Valley. Officers Ryan Walter and Jason Karnitz followed a 1992 Eagle Talon after it pulled out of a convenience store parking lot at Park and Broadway about 9…
A crime suspect’s angry courthouse outburst after a series of prosecution mixups involving the case against him has led to an unusual new charge and prompted authorities to bring in an outside judge to preside over it. Roland W. Finney, who will turn 36 Friday,…
Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker will announce next week whether Deputy Brian Hirzel will face criminal charges for shooting Pastor Wayne Scott Creach on Aug. 25 in Spokane Valley. Spokane Police Department investigators met Tuesday to discuss the findings of a private investigator hired by…
A northwestern Montana couple involved in the largest animal hoarding case in Idaho history were charged with animal cruelty recently after authorities found more than 100 cats living in their two small feces-filled trailers last month. Edwin (pictured in 2006) and Cheryl Criswell face felony…
Gonzaga University School of Law announced this week that it has hired a new dean who will start July 1. Jane B. Korn, the vice dean at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, has been selected as the law school’s first…
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