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Fatal Multi-Vehicle Crash on SB I-5 Near West Seattle Bridge, Impaired Driver Arrested, "Tae" Sought by Patrol
In the early hours of June 2, 2024, a tragic event unfolded on SB I-5 near the West Seattle Bridge when an individual was fatally struck by a passing motorhome—after an initial collision left a green 1996 Toyota Corolla obstructing a lane of the freeway. According to the Washington State Patrol, the Corolla struck a barrier and came to a stop on the highway, upon which the occupants exited the vehicle and moved to a presumed safe spot.
They Were in a Mental Health Crisis at a Hospital. This Is How They Landed in Jail.
Kevin Page’s flashbacks come at night: Being strapped to a hospital bed, with a nurse’s hands wrapped around his chin to keep his head from flailing. Feeling like he was suffocating and not knowing where he was, or why. “There were so many hands on me, I just...
Owners of wrongfully slaughtered pet pigs file complaint against mobile butcher business
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A Port Orchard couple who arrived home last month to find their pet pigs had been wrongfully slaughtered by a mobile butcher business is taking legal action against the business, according to a new complaint filed in Kitsap County Superior Court. On May 1, the...
North Carolina Man Sentenced for Assaulting Teen on Flight from Atlanta to Seattle
A 70-year-old man from Andrews, North Carolina, was handed a half-year prison sentence on Wednesday, followed by a year of supervised release for an assault that occurred on a flight from Atlanta to Seattle, as the U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman's office has announced; Jack Allen Roberson was arrested back in July 2023 upon his arrival at Sea-Tac Airport and pleaded guilty to simple assault this past March.
Seattle Public Schools postpones next step in school closures
The Seattle School Board has postponed for two weeks its vote on the district budget, following a series of public meetings on the district’s plan to close 20 K-5 schools. Seattle Public Schools heard from parents, teachers and students at four community meetings to share details about the plan for a system of “well-resourced schools.” The school board had been scheduled to vote on the budget on Monday, but the decision has been postponed until June 26. The district did not immediately respond to questions about why the meeting had been postponed.
ReThinkTheLink led a walking tour of likely light rail route
With the final Environmental impact statement due this summer for Sound Transit’s West Seattle light rail extension the group ReThinkTheLink held their second route walk through on Sunday June 9 not to protest the project but as they said, so the public could be better informed of the “scale, scope and impacts” of the plans thus far.
Road closures, bus route delays due to fire in Seattle's Chinatown-International District
SEATTLE — A vacant two-story building in Seattle's Chinatown International district has been burning since late Sunday night, and it will likely be several more hours before the flames are completely out, firefighters say. Seattle Fire Department's 911 center first got a call about the fire on the 1000...
17-year-old fatally shot while trying to break up a fight outside Seattle high school: Police
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed when he apparently tried to break up a fight outside his Seattle high school, according to authorities. The teen was shot multiple times in the Garfield High School parking lot at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, and he died later on Thursday at a hospital, Seattle police said. The incident began as an altercation "between some high school-aged students," Seattle police Deputy Chief Eric Barden told reporters Thursday. "Our victim, it appears, tried to intervene and break up that fight." "One of the original combatants approached the victim and an additional altercation broke out," and the suspect fired multiple rounds, Barden said.
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