🌱 Daybell Update + Silver City Ghosts + Caldwell Triple Shooting

Hi there, Boise. I'm here in your inbox per usual to get you up to speed on everything you need to know about what's going on around town, including news about...

• While the City of Meridian and a tiny home resident fight it out in court, she is asking to remain in the house.
• A recent court ruling gives the State of Idaho authorization to issue a death warrant against Gerald Pizzuto.
• A planned trial for Boise scheduled to start in January has been called off.

But first, today's weather:

Cloudy most of the time. High: 67 Low: 46.

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Here are the top stories in Boise today:

1. The State of Idaho is free to pursue to seek a death warrant against death row inmate Gerald Pizzuto. KTVB-TV carries a story by Associated Press writer Rebecca Boone reporting the Idaho Supreme Court says it will not reconsider the clemency case of Pizutto for his role in the 1985 slayings of two gold prospectors near McCall. Once issued, the warrant would set Pizzuto’s execution by lethal injection in the next 30 days. (KTVB.com)
2. Boise will not see a trial of Chad Daybell in January. In our weekly update on the Chad Daybell/Lori Vallow Daybell cases, East Idaho News reporter Nate Easton writes a judge granted a motion by Daybell's attorney to continue the trial to a later date. The decision came late Friday and supplements an earlier ruling to suspended all matters in Lori Daybell’s case earlier this month until her mental competency can be determined. Daybell and his wife Lori Vallow Daybell have pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan – two of Lori’s kids – along with Chad’s previous wife, Tammy Daybell. (eastidahonews)
3. A Halloween party in Caldwell ended with the shooting of three people. CBS2 news staff report the incident occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday in the 3000 block of S. Illinois Avenue where a very large Halloween party was taking place. Two party goers were kicked out of the festivities with a car driving by later firing a gun into the residence. (idahonews)
4. A Meridian resident is asking the court to allow her to stay in her tiny home while a lawsuit makes it through the court system. BoiseDev reporter Margaret Carmel writes Chasidy Decker and Robert Calcal filed a lawsuit against the City of Meridian after Decker was asked to leave her tiny home she rented on Calcal’s property. Decker is asking the court to remain in her home until the lawsuit is complete and consider a request to outright dismiss the suit as requested by the City of Meridian. (boisedev)
5. This next story may be too far to drive for just trick or treat, but you need to love a good ghost story. KIVI-TV's Don Nelson reports on the Idaho Hotel in Silver City. Take a quick read of screaming Alice, the big gentleman with tux and tails and the children, all reported to be residents of the hotel but not paying guests. (kivitv)

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Today in Boise:

• You can fill up your vehicle at the Giving Pump at local Jacksons to Support Charities for Children. (8:00 AM)
• The Household Hazardous Waste Collection site for Monday is Meridian Republic Services located at 2130 W. Franklin Rd.(Noon)
• The Boise Public Library is holding a pumpkin carving Monday afternoon. (4:00 PM)
• The Garden City Chamber of Commerce and Boise Bible will hold a Trunk or Treat Monday evening. (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Boise State University: "Congratulations to the Boise State Department of Theatre, Film, and Creative Writing (@boisestatetfcw) for their successful production of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," which sold out every performance." (Boise State University via Instagram)
• Idaho Botanical Garden: "The Scarecrows leave as soon as October does! If you haven't walked the Scarecrow Stroll yet, come in today - grab a map - and gander at the most scarecrows the Garden has seen yet." (Idaho Botanical Garden via Facebook)
• Radio Boise: "Thank you to everyone who came down to the station for our Very Freqy Halloween Bash, and a huge thank you to @visionvideoband for making it an extra special night!" (Radio Boise via Instagram)
• Boise Contemporary Theater: "Thank you to one of our Play Sponsors and this season's Opening Night Party sponsor, The Mode Lounge! Thanks for supporting our world premiere of Jodeen Revere's "The Persistent Guest." We couldn't have done it without you." (Boise Contemporary Theater via Instagram)
• Boise State Public Radio: "This is the third round of funding this year to build out internet access in rural areas through the federal ReConnect Loan and Grant Program. In this latest round, 88% is in the form of grants while 12% will be used for loans." (Boise State Public Radio via Facebook)

You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you around!

— John Braese

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