MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — Around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Mercer Island police got a call about a robbery at gunpoint in the 7700 block of Southeast 34th Street in Mercer Island. Police reported that a meet-up was planned near the Mercer Island thrift shop, where the victim was going to sell a cell phone to the suspect.

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Washington is a vote-by-mail state, meaning all registered voters receive a ballot in their mail to fill out. But one King County woman told KING 5 Wednesday that she never could have anticipated receiving 16 unopened ballots addressed to her unit, under different names she had never heard before.

BELLEVUE, Wash. — New video shows the moments King County deputies and a group of good Samaritans jumped into action and rescued a man from a car engulfed in flames. KING 5 spoke with Jacob Shook Wednesday in his hospital room at Harborview Medical Center. He was the driver trapped inside a fiery car crash earlier this month. He doesn't recall much, but he's relieved to be alive.

Miles Hudson was arrested by Renton police for missing a court appearance in a case involving an alleged assault of his mother.

The male victim who was killed on Pacific Highway South on Friday night, Oct. 25, 2024 has been identified by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office as Ronald Paul Bigelow, 61. Coroners said that Bigelow died from multiple blunt force injuries after being struck in the roadway by two...

SEATTLE — Seattle police detectives were seen working the neighborhood Wednesday to find out who fired shots that hit and killed a teenager in Seattle’s Central District Monday evening. Police say the shooting came in as a 911 came in around 7:40 p.m. Monday. Responding officers found a...

People in the White Center community are mourning the loss of a beloved landlord allegedly murdered by her own tenant. According to court documents obtained by KIRO 7, the victim, Ut Thi Bui, 73, was the property owner who rented a room to the suspect, Sofia Fishchuk, 19, for about a year.

No injuries were reported when the bus crashed into a pole in the First Hill neighborhood.

The Snoqualmie Police Department has determined a threat at Mount Si High School, initially reported as a potential Halloween shooting, was a hoax, according to a department release. The investigation began on October 29, at 8:50 a.m. after a student reported seeing a threatening message on a bathroom wall claiming...

On Monday, October 28, 2024, an arsonist set a ballot collection box on fire in Vancouver, Washington. The ballots in it were destroyed, making a lot of extra work for elections officials to let people know and ask them to contact elections to resubmit their ballot. It was one day's...

NEWCASTLE, Wash. — A man is in the hospital recovering after he was pried from a burning car. It happened on October 9 just after 5 p.m. The King County Sheriff’s Department says the car caught on fire after the driver crashed on Newcastle Golf Club Road and 136th Avenue Southeast.

Police arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a deadly shooting that occurred in South Seattle in late July.

Former Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz has filed a $10 million tort claim against the City of Seattle, just a day after he was put on administrative leave.

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Tomorrow is Halloween! In honor of this holiday, Jason Rantz & Jake Skorheim have a PSA for everyone. DON’T DRESS UP IN A COSTUME AND GO TO WORK! Be a normal adult. Cheers to another Double Shot.☕️. Listen to The Jason Rantz Show weekdays from 3 p.m. –...

An attorney said a tackle left his client with a broken jaw and concussion and he "lost all feeling to his legs" for 8-10 hours.

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LYNNWOOD, Wash. — One person was hit and killed by a car on state Route 99 in Lynnwood Wednesday evening. All southbound lanes are blocked at 164th Street Southwest while officials investigate. Traffic is alternating using northbound lanes. According to the Washington State Patrol, two people were hit. One...

SEATTLE — Seattle police say at least 53 cars were broken into in less than two hours right outside the University of Washington early Monday morning. According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), they believe at least two people driving around in a black Mercedes off of 15th Avenue Northeast and 17th Avenue Northeast between 2 a.m. and 3:45 a.m. may be responsible. Right now, police believe the suspects used metal baseball bats to break into those vehicles.

Data: U.S. Census American Community Survey; Map: Axios VisualsIn most of the years I've lived in Seattle, not a single trick-or-treater has come to my door on Halloween. Recent population data may help explain why. By the numbers: In King County, children ages 5-14 make up 11.1% of the population, according to data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.That's lower than the statewide average, which was 12.3%, and the national average of 12.5%.Zoom in: Seattle also ranks No. 1 among large metro areas when it comes to the percentage of residents who are married with pets, but no kids, The Seattle Times reported this week.13.5% of the Seattle area population consists of married couples with a dog or cat and no children, per the Times' analysis, which looked at Nielsen data.Yes, but: Trick-or-treater density likely depends on your neighborhood.After I moved from Fremont to the Central District last year, I had many more trick-or-treaters lined up at my door.The bottom line: It's good to have some candy on hand.