Sheriff’s office says drivers are taking advantage of ‘next to no traffic enforcement’
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — At a round table meeting to discuss traffic safety, Pierce County leaders got a grim warning from the head of the sheriff's office traffic unit. Sgt. Shaun Darby told the panel that the Pierce County Sheriff's Office is so short-staffed that there is little, if any, proactive traffic...
Man who killed girlfriend on Pierce County island died from drowning, ME says
A Tacoma man who fatally stabbed his girlfriend on Ketron Island in June died from drowning, the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed. James Jordan, 30, died June 22 near the 10300 block of Morris Boulevard after deputies say he stabbed and killed 26-year-old Ruby Hamrick the same day. She died from...
More than 60% of WA. schools opt. For cell phone ban. So far.
Picture this: students in class, phones tucked away for the day. Washington schools are shaking things up with fresh policies.
Teen arrested for WA school shooting threat could be released soon
A 13-year-old boy in Pierce County, arrested for making mass shooting threats online, may be released from juvenile detention following a hearing on September 22. Investigators found 23 guns, many 3-D printed and untraceable, in his home, along with evidence of his obsession with past mass shooters, including...
Former WA state worker sentenced for nearly $900K embezzlement
TACOMA — A former Washington state worker who admitted to embezzling nearly $900,000 in taxpayer funding to finance his gambling addiction was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal prison. Matthew Ping, an ex-employee at the Office of Administrative Hearings, will also need to pay $1.1 million in restitution...
Threat to ‘Kill All Charlie Kirks’ Spray-Painted on Seattle College Campus
A threat to “KILL ALL CHARLIE KIRKS” has been spray-painted on the sign of a Seattle, Washington college within a day of the Turning Point USA founder’s public assassination on a Utah college campus. Seattle-based reporter Jonathan Choe shared a photo on social media showing the alarming...
Three stabbed in fight outside a South Tacoma bar
Three people were hurt after a suspect pulled out a knife during a fight outside of a bar in South Tacoma early this morning.
Suspect in elaborate fraud scheme arrested in Walla Walla
WALLA WALLA – Jingbing Xue, 44, from Federal Way, was arrested by Walla Walla police on Wednesday for being part of an elaborate fraud scheme. He was taken into custody following a pursuit that ended in a crash south of the Walla Walla city limits. On Monday, a Walla...
Here’s why you should stay out of Seattle’s Green Lake
Public Health Seattle & King County is asking people and their pets to stay out of the water at Green Lake.
Two arrested for trafficking minors across Puget Sound
EVERETT, SEPT. 12: Two individuals were arrested on suspicion of promoting commercial sexual abuse of multiple minors across the Puget Sound area. The Everett Police Department Special Assault Unit arrested the two individuals in Kent on Wednesday, Sept. 10 in a multi-jurisdictional effort, according to a news...
