Local Briefs

Post Falls street art to be unveiled Thursday

POST FALLS - The unveiling of "the fish" street art project will be on Thursday at 5:45 p.m. at the Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center, 405 N. William St.

The public is invited to the open house, which runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

The fish, which was painted by local artist Harmony Conley-Oaks, will be placed in a median on Spokane Street next to City Hall. Conley-Oaks will be at the unveiling.

Mayor Ron Jacobson will also speak at the event.

For more information, call 773-5016.

Court rejects Horvath appeal

SANDPOINT - The North Dakota Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a former Sandpoint man convicted of killing a man outside a strip club in the oil patch hub of Williston, the Associated Press reports.

Jonathan Horvath is serving life in prison without parole for the March 13 shooting that killed Derrick Spiegel, a 28-year-old Williston resident. Horvath moved to Williston from North Idaho to find work in the oil patch.

Horvath was convicted of murder, terrorizing and reckless endangerment. Horvath maintained that he intended to use the weapon to quell an argument, but it discharged accidentally, according to published news accounts.

Horvath appealed on grounds there was insufficient evidence and improper actions by a prosecutor. North Dakota's high court, however, rejected those arguments, AP reported.