Tuesday, June 11
BRIEFLY NOTED
• People who are cruising to downtown Coeur d’Alene this weekend for Car d’Lane can expect mostly sunny skies with a high near 80 degrees for the cruise Friday and partly cloudy skies with a high near 80 degrees and a low of 57 degrees for the car show on Saturday.
Ortiz shot in ambush at Santo Domingo bar
Authorities say Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back at nearly point-blank range in his native Dominican Republic
Venezuela shreds sloppy U.S. defense
Sloppy defense and careless goalkeeping sent the United States to another disconcerting loss, 3-0 to Venezuela in its final exhibition before the CONCACAF Gold Cup
Monday, June 10
Today’s Ghastly Groaner
Why do cows wear bells?
The heat index and wildfire forecast
Next Friday morning, June 21, the official start of summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere. However, we’ve already seen very hot temperatures across parts of the country, especially in the Southeast where highs recently topped the 100-degree mark and humidity levels made heat index readings over 120 degrees in places.
Warrants
Here is this week’s list of suspected lawbreakers sought by Kootenai County police agencies and the sheriff’s office:
