Two warrants issued after stabbings
Coeur d’Alene Police have warrants for the arrest of two people believed involved in a stabbing incident early Sunday morning in Coeur d’Alene.
The stabbing occurred about 2 a.m. when a party turned violent, according to police. The party, involving alcohol and drug use, started at a home in Kidd Island Bay and later moved to a home on Lily Drive.
Henry Jefferson Holloway, 23, of Coeur d’Alene is accused of stabbing three people. A juvenile, whose identity has not been released by police, is accused of threatening people with a handgun.
Victims include Jessica Bowman, 18, of Coeur d’Alene, who was stabbed in the lower left leg; Tony Riggs, 19, also of Coeur d’Alene, who was stabbed twice in the arm and broke his ankle leaving the scene; and a 16-year-old male who was stabbed in the head, neck, chest, arm and leg, according to police.
Holloway is wanted on a charge of aggravated battery and his bond was set at $50,000, according to Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Christie Wood. The police department asked that anyone with information on his whereabouts call 769-2320 or the Tip Line at 769-2296.
Local PACs submit campaign finance reports
Citizens for a New Library spent $45,741 in its effort to pass the $3 million bond levy that voters approved last month.
That’s compared with the $6,763 that the firefighters and law enforcement political action committee spent to pass the $7 million public safety bond measure that was on the same ballot.
Both PACs turned in campaign finance reports Tuesday showing how much money they raised and spent.
The majority of the cash raised by the library PAC came from the Coeur d’Alene Public Library Foundation. PAC spokesman Denny Davis said the foundation contribution is from donations made to the foundation for the new $6.6 million downtown library that will be completed in 2006.
The other itemized contributor was Crickets Steakhouse, which gave $1,378 through in-kind donations.
Most of the $6,979 raised by the firefighter and law enforcement PAC came from people who work for the local public safety departments, with donations ranging from $6 to $100.
The Boise Firefighters PAC donated $1,000 while the Pocatello Fire Fighters gave $100.
As of Tuesday, the committee had $1,220 left in the bank with $835 in outstanding debt for advertising.
City voters passed the $3 million library bond with 74 percent approval while the $7 million public safety bond was approved by 68 percent of the voters.
Number of flu-season cases not seen as unusual
If you’re suffering from fever and a splitting headache, maybe an unstable stomach and a cough, you’re not alone.
But you’re not part of an epidemic.
Plenty of people are missing a week or more from work with symptoms commonly associated with the flu, but it’s nothing out of the ordinary, said Susan Cuff, Panhandle Health District spokeswoman.
“It’s cold and flu season and there are going to be a certain number of people who are under the weather for a few days,” Cuff said. “Flu season is still being characterized as mild in our region.”
Absences in the Coeur d’Alene School District have fluctuated, with Skyway Elementary and Canfield Middle School reporting the most while one school reported only two children out sick, said Cindy Perry, district nurse.
“A lot of teachers are out with it,” she said. “Maybe it’s an adult thing.”
Still, absence numbers were not exceptional, she said.
Idaho reported only two flu-related deaths this season and one was in North Idaho, Cuff said. Both people were over the age of 50. Last year, Idaho had 29 flu-related deaths, including five in North Idaho.
Teen’s brother testifies in trial; prosecution rests
Boise
The final prosecution witness testified Tuesday in the murder trial of teenager accused of shooting her parents.
Sarah Johnson, 18, is being tried as an adult in the Sept. 2, 2003, shootings. Matt Johnson, 24, testified Tuesday that Sarah and her mother did not get along.
“It was fairly rocky. There was constant fighting, bickering back and forth. She seemed to get along well with my father,” Matt Johnson said.
Sarah Johnson sobbed as her brother testified.
In previous testimony, witnesses said Sarah Johnson accused her brother of the murders and said he was testifying against her to get her share of the Johnson’s $500,000 life insurance policy.
Matt Johnson denied the claims, and said he was testifying for his parents.
Prosecutors contend the defendant, then 16, killed her parents because she was angry they wanted to turn her then 19-year-old boyfriend in to authorities for statutory rape.