Seattle WA

SEATTLE — Court records reveal new details linking a teen accused of being involved in shooting at Seattle police officers over the weekend to multiple crimes in Pierce and King counties. The 16-year-old boy was arrested, along with three teenage girls ages 15-17, Saturday night after leading police on...

Federal Way resident Susan Vesser says she is relieved after the death of convicted rapist Kevin Coe, also known as Spokane’s “South Hill Rapist,” who had been released into her neighborhood just eight weeks ago.

BELLEVUE, Wash. — First on KING 5: In an exclusive interview, Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine confirmed the Link extension over Lake Washington will open on May 31, or sooner if possible. Constantine told KING 5's Shanté Sumpter that testing the tracks over Lake Washington is "going well," and...

A suspect has been arrested in connection with two bank incidents in Kirkland’s Juanita neighborhood earlier this fall. The first incident was a robbery at US Bank on October 7, 2025. The second was an attempted robbery at Bank of America on October 29, 2025. In both cases, the suspect left before police arrived and...

Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson recently announced her full transition team, a slate of people that includes advocates of the progressive policies she campaigned on, as well as some moderates. 

RENTON, Wash. - The search for a suspected car thief, allegedly high on fentanyl, came to a dramatic end in Renton. On Friday, police arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of vehicle theft, DUI, and malicious mischief. "Any time you get behind the wheel, and you are impaired, you are...

SEATTLE — Washington State Patrol is grappling with a dangerous and persistent problem of pedestrian crashes on state highways, with multiple deaths reported along Interstate 5 this year. Pedestrian collisions on all roadways in King County increased from 24 in 2020 to 27 last year, with four of those...

Western Washington residents have this weekend to prepare for what forecasters are calling one of the strongest atmospheric river storms in years. The “Godzilla atmospheric river” system, as meteorologist Cliff Mass calls it, may bring major flooding, landslide dangers, and a month’s worth of rain compressed into...

SEATTLE — A convicted serial rapist who was mistakenly released from jail has now been sentenced to 16 years in prison for a 2019 attack in South Seattle. Noel Stepney, 50, was sentenced to 16 years and two months behind bars after a jury convicted him of second-degree rape in June. According to court documents,...

A 53-year-old man was arrested by deputies in Olalla on suspicion of wire theft.