CRIME & SAFETY
Cashmere DUI driver sentenced to community service
WENATCHEE — A Cashmere man who injured a passenger in a DUI rollover last summer must serve 30 days of community service. Shane T. McCormick, 23, flipped his Kia after midnight last June on Mission Creek Road outside Cashmere. His passenger suffered a broken arm, neck and shoulderblade. Chelan County sheriff’s deputies said he was intoxicated at the time of the crash, with a blood alcohol level of 0.2, more than two and a half times the legal limit.
Today in history, Major John T. Fancher dies in East Wenatchee
EAST WENATCHEE — An aeronaut who lent his name to key parts of the Wenatchee Valley’s geography was killed in an accidental explosion outside East Wenatchee, April 29, 1928. Major John T. "Jack" Fancher, a World War I pilot from Spokane who went on to become a popular...
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