CRIME & SAFETY

A man is facing multiple felony charges after he allegedly assaulted a woman in her Toledo home last week, beating her and chasing her with a knife while she was holding a baby.  Bail is

A Toledo man charged with a felony for allegedly assaulting a woman on Sept. 16 is out of custody after posting $75,000 bail.   The suspect, identified as Shawn Alan Lohrengel, 51, was ...

At approximately 4:25 am on September 13, 2023, the Longview Fire Department responded to an emergency call reporting a structure fire at 110 East Hawkins Pkwy, Apt. 4304. Upon arrival, the first unit on the scene encountered a blaze raging from the upstairs apartment. The firefighters spotted a victim perched on the second-floor window sill, requiring immediate rescue. The victim informed rescuers that others were still trapped inside the apartment.

Multiple incidents occurred in Kelso, Washington this week. These include fires outside buildings, illegal sale of high-capacity magazines, and the discovery of kittens in a wall.

LONGVIEW, Wash. — The team investigating a police shooting earlier this month that left a Seattle man dead released the names Friday of the Longview Police Department officers who opened fire. The Lower Columbia Major Crimes Team identified the officers who shot and killed 30-year-old Louis Earl Johnson Jr....

The friend of the man on trial in the fatal shooting of an undercover Clark County sheriff’s sergeant offered an unexpected counter to his claim of self-defense during the closely-watched trial

“They were very hungry, but otherwise healthy,” firefighters in Washington said.

Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 44-year-old Portland man suspected of breaking into Portland Fire & Rescue’s boathouse in Southeast Portland early Thursday, stealing a

One person died and another person was injured a kitchen fire Tuesday morning in Longview. One person died and another person was injured a kitchen fire Tuesday morning in Longview. The initial call was for a chair on fire in a house. Then a call indicated smoke and flames coming from the house and a person was possibly still inside. Firefighters arrived six minutes after the first call to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the back of the house. While searching the home and putting out the fire, crews found one person dead inside of the home. Another person escaped with burn injuries. The investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, but it appears to have started on a stove.

Washington state law limits the maximum ammunition capacity in magazines to 10 rounds.

KELSO, Wash. (KPTV) - Cowlitz County firefighters responded to multiple trash fires outside of businesses in Kelso early Sunday morning. Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue said just before 4:30 a.m. Sunday, firefighters and Longview firefighters responded to Boondox convenience store on West Cowlitz Way in Kelso. When they arrived, they found a dumpster at the back of the building fully engulfed in flames. They said the fire began to spread to the building, they put it out and there were no injuries.

Fire Prevention Week is quickly approaching, and the Longview Fire Department will be doing group tours on Tuesday October 10th and Thursday October 12th. If you have a daycare, pre-school, or home school group, call 360-442-5501 to schedule your visit.Visit here for more details.

Bail has been set at $50,000 for a Toledo man accused of firing a shotgun during an argument on Sunday.  Nickolas Paine-Chambers, 35, allegedly got into an argument with a relative on Sept.

Two incidents occurred in Cowlitz County, Washington this week. In the first incident, police shot and killed a 30-year-old Seattle man after he fled from officers in Longview. The man had been revived from an overdose and fired a gun at the police during a car chase. In the second incident, a man suspected in a deadly shooting in Kelso was arrested after leading police on a chase to Clark County. The suspect crashed his vehicle after driving at a high rate of speed on Interstate 5.

A federal judge sentenced a 37-year-old Thurston County man Wednesday to six and half years in prison for trafficking fentanyl last year. Samuel Wesley Mulkey was arrested in Longview on Jan.

On September 7, 2023, at approximately 12:31 PM, Cowlitz 911 received a report of a stabbing incident at the Coal Creek Boat Launch, situated at 6101 Ocean Beach Hwy, Longview. Deputies responded to the call and interviewed the victim, who had sustained injuries to his hand and legs. The victim informed authorities that he had been assaulted by his father, Mark Andrew Laurila, age 53, who had arranged to meet him at the boat launch.

Louis Johnson Jr. was killed following a car chase that ended in gunfire, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday. Police shot and killed the 30-year-old Seattle man after he fled from officers in Longview after paramedics revived him with Narcan. No officers were harmed in the exchange. Investigators recovered a 9mm pistol with no serial number. Law enforcement said it was an illegally manufactured “ghost gun.”

Retired Toledo reserve officer Randy Pennington was getting ready to return his patrol car after his last shift with the police department in July 2022 when he got a call from Winlock Police Chief Stephen Valentine. “He said, ‘instead of turning it in, you should just change colors,’” Pennington said,...