Seattle City Auditor warns of three major crises affecting neighborhoods
SEATTLE — Seattle’s City Auditor says retail theft, gun violence and deadly drug overdoses are the city’s biggest challenges right now. A new report breaks down how each of these problems is growing, where they’re hitting hardest and what steps the city could take to slow them down before they get worse.
Elderly Renton man recounts violent robbery in garage
RENTON, Wash. — An elderly Renton man is urging the community to speak up after he was attacked and robbed in his home in what he fears may have been a racially motivated crime. Truc Nguyen, 76, was returning home from the bank on Aug. 8 when a man...
Frustration over non-refundable tickets to cancelled Pike Place Market Sunset Supper event
Dozens of people are out hundreds of dollars after the cancellation of a Pike Place Market Foundation event due to weather.
Seattle residents, activists calling for accountability after double homicide
Community activists and residents gathered at Virgil Flaim Park, where a double homicide occurred earlier in the week, to demand change and accountability, particularly concerning a nearby homeless encampment. Nonprofit 'We Heart Seattle' launched 'We Heart Lake City,' aiming to place two park ambassadors to clean...
Leader of Aryan prison gang drug cell sentenced in Tacoma to 14 years
The U.S. District Court in Tacoma sentenced Yehoshua Kilp, the leader of a drug distribution cell to 14 years in prison on Friday. Kilp bought and distributed large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. The case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces investigation, which...
Man recently released from state prison dies in Kent crash
A 49-year-old man died Aug. 12 in a Kent vehicle crash just eight months after his early release from state prison after a 1994 first-degree murder conviction for killing a Sumner woman when he was just 18. Jason Lee Allison died from multiple blunt force injuries in a vehicle crash...
Seattle hires more than 100 new police recruits in 2025, city says
City officials say the new hires represent progress toward restoring police staffing levels, a stated priority for the Harrell administration.
‘Seattle News Weekly’: Graffiti crackdowns, teen violence
SEATTLE - Over the last two years, the city of Everett has spent approximately $150,000 to clean up graffiti, which has led the city to consider a new law to curb graffiti tags. On episode one of the "Seattle News Weekly" podcast, FOX 13 Seattle Anchor Hana Kim and Reporter...
Thousands of dollars in equipment stolen from Lynnwood tattoo shop
Lynnwood police are looking for a person who broke into a tattoo shop, stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment.
Police: Woman shot multiple times in West Seattle
Seattle police are investigating after a woman was shot multiple times in West Seattle late Thursday night.