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Crash involving garbage truck kills 1, temporarily closes US 97
TOPPENISH, Wash. - Both directions of US 97 were temporarily closed due to a deadly car versus garbage truck crash. A press memo from the Washington State Patrol says 88-year-old Juan Romero from Sunnyside was driving eastbound on Larue Road around noon when he failed to yield for an incoming garbage truck that struck his pickup truck.
Roman Santos safely returns to Yakima
YAKIMA- Roman Santos, the one-year-old child taken by his father Elias Huizar that led to an interstate manhunt, has returned to Yakima and to the safe custody of his mother's family. Elias Huizar shot dead Roman's mother Angelica Santos on April 22, before heading to Wiley Elementary School in West...
Authorities confirm 2nd victim of ex-Washington officer was 17-year-old with whom he had a baby
Authorities on Wednesday confirmed that a body found at the home of a former Washington state police officer who killed his ex-wife before fleeing to Oregon, where he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was that of a 17-year-old girl with whom he had a baby.Elias Huizar, 39, a former police officer in Yakima, went on the run Monday afternoon after killing two people, including his ex-wife, Amber Rodriguez, 31, whom he shot eight times outside a West Richland elementary school in front of their 9-year-old son and other witnesses, police said. Rodriguez had recently obtained a protection order...
Community Fire Safety event set for May 3 in Toppenish
TOPPENISH, Wash.-Families are invited to a Community Fire Safety Event at the Safe Haven Community Center from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on May 3. The Toppenish Fire Department will be on hand at the event to teach families how to use fire extinguishers and the Red Cross will provide education and resources, according to a Safe Haven press release on the event.
Union Gap woman facing assault charges after stabbing incident
UNION GAP- Following a more than 90-minute stand-off with Yakima County Sheriff Deputies on April 17, 2024, a woman from Union Gap appeared in the Yakima County Superior Court Monday accused of stabbing her long term boyfriend. At Monday’s hearing, bail was set at $100,000 by Judge Richard Bartheld, but...
Yakima animal rescue meets regulations after unsanitary and dangerous conditions report
YAKIMA, Wash.-- Many Action News viewers have sent us tips regarding a local animal rescue complaining of unsanitary and dangerous living conditions for the animals. The Yakima County Sheriff's Office has conducted multiple visits to the Acts of Kindness Animal Rescue. In February an animal control officer went to the...
'It's infuriating': Lawmaker says a GPS ankle monitor on ex-cop could have prevented West Richland tragedy
SEATTLE — Elias Huizar, the former Yakima cop suspected of double homicide and child abduction, was under two restraining orders issued by the courts: one no-contact order with children and a protection order to keep him away from his ex-wife Amber Rodriguez and her kids. Sadly, neither of those...
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