27-year sentence for habitual offender that killed Lynnwood grandmother
LYNNWOOD—Robert Craig Rowland, a 39-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record, was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Tuesday, December 2, for the second-degree murder of 83-year-old Trudy Slanger in a fatal wrong-way collision on 525 near Highway 99. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge George Appel facilitated...
Falling tree crushes cars in Tacoma
Much of the Sound is preparing for the incoming severe weather, but a pair of Tacoma homeowners already felt Mother Nature’s wrath.
Tacoma woman sentenced to prison for bank fraud scheme
Aneicia Ford was accused of stealing the account information of 23 victims from a credit union where she was employed.
SPD releases video: Armed man approaches officers, is fatally shot by police in Rainier...
Warning: the video contains graphic content that may be disturbing to some viewers. The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has released a video, which can be viewed here, of an officer-involved shooting that occurred in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of South Seattle Tuesday. The man shot by police was seen walking...
Falling tree on Carnation Duvall road kills woman, injures man
SEATTLE — A tragic accident unfolded on Carnation Duvall Road northeast and Fay Road northeast (SR 203) on Saturday, where a tree fell onto a car, resulting in a fatality crash, according to investigators. The falling tree sparked a two-vehicle car crash that shut down both directions of Carnation...
Seattle to Bellevue just got easier: Light rail hits I-90 before May 31
Light rail service across Lake Washington on the I-90 floating bridge will begin before May 31, Sound Transit officials confirmed this week. “We as an agency are doing everything we can to open it sooner than that,” Rachelle Cunningham, a Sound Transit public information officer, said. The Crosslake Connection,...
Seattle Team Finds Bengal Kitten Dumped In A Box, Then Learn The Heartbreaking Reason
Alone and scared on the noisy streets of Seattle, six-week-old Simba trembled, hoping someone would find him. This tiny Bengal kitten had been left in a cardboard box, abandoned in the middle of one of the city’s busiest roads. He was desperately trying to stay safe while cars and...
Police arrest man after violently attacking elderly woman in Downtown Seattle
The suspect walked up to the elderly woman and hit her with a long wooden stick-like object on the head from behind.
Washington state AG Brown proposes law requiring employers notify workers about federal audits
Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown is proposing legislation that would require employers tip off their workers when federal immigration enforcement agencies request their eligibility ...
Which Pacific Northwest Cities Rank Among America’s Safest?
Feeling secure in our neighborhoods? A recent survey gives us some interesting insights on safety right here in the Pacific Northwest.
