Spokane News

Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius is pictured during a hearing on the sixth day of his trial for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, on March 10, 2014 at the high court in Pretoria.

Officers found and arrested a Downtown Spokane robbery suspect within ten minutes of the call Saturday morning.

The Stevens County Coroner confirmed Monday that she has finished the autopsy on the body found near Long Lake on Friday.

A 15-year-old girl was arrested late Saturday night for two counts of Second Degree Assault after a stabbing in a North Spokane home.

Multiple arrests were made over the weekend in the kidnapping and murder of David Whitman, an alleged drug dealer who, according to court documents, was killed when other drug dealers suspected him of stealing from them.

The owner of a marijuana dispensary in north Spokane shot a man outside his business Sunday night, claiming he was defending himself and his business.

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE POLICE DEPT: Just after 11:00 am on Monday, Spokane Police received a call of a Robbery at the Banner bank in the 900 block of E. Mission.

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE POLICE DEPT: On 09-24-13 around 11:20am Spokane Police responded to a robbery that occurred at the Wal-Mart at 9212 N. Colton.

There is a soccer referee shortage in Washington! If you've ever wanted to ref, now is your time.

Police are responding to a report of a robbery at the Banner Bank in Safeway on E. Mission Ave. near N. Hamilton.

The father of Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter who killed his mother, himself and 26 other people in 2012, says in his first public remarks on the tragedy that he is sure his son would have killed him, too.

The murder trial for a man accused of shooting a rival gang member at a bar in Spokane begins Monday.

Prosecutors say Natasha Hodges, 30, was watching Rylee Mingo in 2012 when she struck the child in the abdomen, causing internal bleeding.

A man was shot late Sunday night in the 8300 block of N. Market at a Medical Marijuana Dispensary.

The owner of Northwest Healing Arts told sheriff's deputies he saw the man outside about 11:30 p.m. and confronted him with a gun because he has been burglarized in the past.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. With its win over UCLA Saturday, Washington State University men's basketball clinched the No.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Joao Ignacio was born in the Azores in the late 1830s and headed to America in his teens.

SPOKANE, Wash.- An attempted child luring on the 1700 block of E. 51st Street around 3:30pm.

With back to back shutout losses at home behind them, the Chiefs set out for their last big road trip of the regular season as they headed out for a 4 game road swing through Kelowna, Prince George and Seattle on a journey that would cover 8 days and over 1,500 miles on the bus.

Spokane restaurants and businesses were partnering up with local artists to bring in customers in March.