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Bail set: 11-year-old girls save 6-year-old from being kidnapped in Kent
A man has been arrested and bail set for allegedly trying to kidnap a 6-year-old girl in Kent on Tuesday. The Kent Police Department (KPD) reported, via a news release, around 8:18 p.m., officers responded to an East Hill apartment complex on Kent Kangely Road after a 911 call regarding a man trying to take a small girl.
Visitors are filling downtown Seattle streets near pre-pandemic levels
Sunshine in Seattle means more people out and about. Data from the Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) confirmed visitors are coming back to downtown, filling the streets at levels close to 2019. According to DSA data, nearly 2.9 million unique visitors came to downtown in June 2024, 91% of the visitors...
4 teens arrested in connection with Renton 7-Eleven robbery
Four teenagers were arrested in connection with the robbery of a 7-Eleven in Renton early Thursday morning. The teens ages 13, 14, 15 and 15 are accused of robbing the 7-Eleven on Sunset Boulevard North. The crime happened just after 2 a.m., according to a news release from the Renton Police Department (RPD).
North Cascades Highway near Diablo Lake reopens after wildfire caused closure
State Route 20 (SR 20)/the North Cascades Highway between mileposts 148 and 158 reopened Thursday afternoon after a wildfire caused a closure of the road, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) reported on X. Earlier Thursday, WSDOT announced in multiple X posts that the road was completely closed and...
Fire damages dozens of tiny homes in Seattle
The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) is investigating the cause of a major fire that damaged dozens of tiny homes early Thursday. Just before 2:45 a.m., the SFD received 911 calls reporting a fire in a tiny home village in the 500 block of Elliott Ave. W. in the city’s Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, according to a post on the department’s Fire Line blog.
Going green isn’t what you think when it comes to WSDOT safety
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is tired of people plowing into its trucks and work zones, and it’s taking a green new approach to get drivers’ attention. There were nearly 1,400 crashes in Washington work zones last year. That’s a 5% increase over the year before....
Seattle officer caught laughing after Kandula’s death has been fired
Seattle Police Department (SPD) Officer Dan Auderer has been fired by Interim Chief Sue Rahr, “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH confirmed the news Wednesday. SPD confirmed Auderer’s termination later Wednesday evening. Auderer was caught through bodycam footage laughing and joking about the death of 23-year-old Jaahnavi...
Boeing machinists vote overwhelmingly to authorize a strike
Results are in, 99.9% of the thousands of Boeing’s Machinist Union members voted to authorize a strike vote if needed, the union confirmed to KIRO Newsradio. The union is currently in talks with the company on a new contract. Members met at T-Mobile Park on Tuesday to vote. The current contract expires on September 12. Wednesday’s vote authorized machinists to walk off the job the next day, September 13.
Nominated again: Lily Gladstone up for Emmy for ‘Under The Bridge’
The year of Washington’s Lily Gladstone continues on as the Oscar-nominated actress received an Emmy nomination Wednesday morning for her work in Hulu’s “Under the Bridge.”. Gladstone was nominated for best supporting actress in a limited series and will face off against stiff competition to take home...
UW: How media, AI, political views played roles in post-Trump shooting analysis
After the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, people converged online to make sense of available information. The aftermath of the shooting was chaotic as officials, rally attendees and online audiences tried to make sense of a dynamic, ever-changing flow of information. The University...
President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 in Las Vegas; events canceled
LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” including “general malaise” from the infection, the White House said. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden will fly to his home in Delaware,...
Skull found at Lynnwood park, believed to be man in his late 20s
A skull was found at Scriber Lake Park in Lynnwood on March 24, reported the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday. The remains, according to the medical examiner, are likely a Black man believed to be over 25 years old, with an unknown height and weight. He is...
Edmonds standoff ends with 33-year-old man arrested
A Tacoma man is behind bars after a three-and-a-half-hour standoff with police in Edmonds. Police say it started on Monday when officers responded to a disturbance call at the victim’s home. By the time officers arrived, they say the 33-year-old suspect fled. During their investigation, police say they discovered...
Seattle Storm basketball legend Sue Bird is honored with a Barbie
In Sue Bird’s early years, she was the marquee photo on the now-defunct Nike store in downtown Seattle. She went on to play on several WNBA All-Star teams and won four championships with the Seattle Storm, the only team she played for in the league. Now, Bird, the former...
King County K9s help deputies seize more than 80 pounds of drugs
The King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) conducted another major drug bust this week. With the help of K9s Fury and Quinn, more than 80 pounds of illegal drugs were seized. According to KCSO via a Facebook post on Wednesday, deputies served a narcotics search warrant on an empty house on 29th Avenue South in Des Moines earlier this week.
Feliks Banel: Icon extinguished as big blue flame neon sign leaves Seattle
A neon sign that was an iconic landmark burning high above Mercer Street in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood for nearly 40 years – but which was hasn’t been seen in public for more than two decades – has just found a new home at a museum in Oregon.
Democrats aim to nominate president in early August as poll shows desire for Biden to exit race
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats will look to hold a virtual vote to make President Joe Biden their party’s nominee in the first week of August, as Biden has rebuffed calls from some in his party to quit the race after his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump. The...
Daughter’s emotional plea answered after stolen U-Haul holding father’s ashes is found in Tacoma
SEATTLE — It wasn’t a typical move for Megan Plunkett. It was a move to honor her dad’s final wishes. “That was like the last thing he said was, ‘you need to go to graduate school, you need to go to [UC] Davis and you need to be influenced by your sisters,” Plunkett said.
13-year-old boy killed in Kent shooting
The Kent Police Department (KPD) is investigating the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy that happened Tuesday night. Shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, KPD officers and firefighters from the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority were dispatched to the Kentwood Apartments, a complex at 22400 Benson Rd. in response to 911 calls that a male had been shot, according to a news release on the KPD’s Facebook page. Witnesses called to report that had been shot in the stomach and was on the sidewalk.
Seattle council votes to crack down on street racing; adds fines, classifies as reckless driving
The Seattle City Council (SCC) voted on Tuesday to crack down on street racing. The SCC stated, via a news release, the bill creates a new traffic infraction of $500 for registered owners involved in racing and classifies the crime as a reckless driving gross misdemeanor, making it in line with state law.
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