A dog ate $4,000 in cash off a table, the news report said. A young couple had left the money in an envelope and came back to find it gone and the dog gagging. I shook my head knowingly. I had spent ...

MERIDIAN, Idaho — Something really special happened at a recent Meridian High School basketball game. The Ida-Homies took center court at halftime to perform with the Warriorettes dance team. Meridian ...

Ida Schwartz knew she'd had a stroke and that her number was up. In her younger years Schwartz was a nurse's aide. She understood the loss of bodily control one experienced at the moment of death. She ...

Ida enjoyed launching herself at anyone walking in the room, wrapping her legs around whatever waist was available. She'd slap my mutt in the face, daring him to play with her though he outweighed her ...