Judge Tries To Ease Tensions In Animal Cruelty Case

The judge in a controversial animal cruelty case issued a warning to animal rights advocates who packed the courtroom on the first day of the trial Tuesday. Video: Trial Begins In Attack On Dog Troy L. Loney, 19, and Steven L. Paulson, 21, both of Wilkeson, are charged with first-degree ...

• Updated: 4:52 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004

Trial Begins For Men Accused Of Shooting Dog With Arrow

Trial began Tuesday for two men accused of killing a dog with a bow and arrow. Video: Trial Begins In Attack On Dog Troy L. Loney, 19, and Steven L. Paulson, 21, both of Wilkeson, are charged with first-degree animal cruelty. If convicted of the felony in Pierce County Superior ...

• Updated: 12:31 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004

Man Bitten By Alligator After Trying To Lasso It

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Orange County man is recovering from injuries after learning a painful lesson about alligators. Weird Headlines Sidebar MORE WEIRD HEADLINES Not weird enough? Read more weird news. LOOK! Weird Headlines Photos Sign Up To Receive Our Daily Weird Email Get RSS Feeds From KIROTV.com Dan ...

• Updated: 11:09 a.m. Monday, Aug. 30, 2004

Police Look For Two Men Following Fatal Shooting In Normandy Park

Police were looking for two men following a fatal shooting in Normandy Park. One person was shot and killed, and three others injured in the shooting around 10 o'clock Saturday night. The three were in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Sheriff's spokesman John Urquhart says police were ...

• Updated: 8:03 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004

Thousands Attend Rally For Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry

Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry told thousands of people at a rally Saturday in Tacoma that he'd focus on creating good jobs and giving all Americans access to health care if voters send him to the White House. The Massachusetts senator cited new Census figures showing that 45 million people ...

• Updated: 2:28 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004

Sheriff's Deputy Shoots Armed Man During Standoff In SeaTac

A King County sheriff's deputy shot an armed man Saturday morning during a standoff at a home in this south Seattle suburb. The shooting happened around 8:15 a.m., after the man ignored repeated orders from a SWAT team that he drop a rifle he had aimed at officers, sheriff's spokesman ...

• Updated: 10:11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004

Sen. John Kerry Holds Noon Rally At The Tacoma Dome

Senator John Kerry, the Democratic nominee for president, continues a Northwest tour Saturday with a noon rally at the Tacoma Dome. Friday, he rallied supporters in Everett and attended a fundraiser in Seattle. Kerry is leading in the polls in Washington state, but his campaign expects President Bush to contest ...

• Updated: 8:01 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004

Mystery Surrounds Case Of Woman Found Dead

Police investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in her apartment returned to the scene Friday and said they were investigating the case as a possible homicide. SUSPICIOUS DEATH SLIDESHOW: Crime Scene Investigators Examine Evidence A friend discovered the woman Thursday afternoon in a Seattle Housing Authority ...

• Updated: 5:12 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, 2004

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• Updated: 4:05 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005

Disabled Woman Found Dead In Her Apartment

Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found on Thursday in a northeast Seattle apartment. SUSPICIOUS DEATH SLIDESHOW: Crime Scene Investigators Examine Evidence The woman, who was in her late 30s or early 40s, had obvious signs of trauma, police said.Detectives with the Seattle Police Department's ...

• Updated: 9:17 a.m. Friday, Aug. 27, 2004

Wrong-Way Driver Causes Crashes

A driver going the wrong way on the Alaska Way Viaduct caused two crashes early Friday morning, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported. Video: Wrong-Way Driver Wreaks Havoc On Viaduct A white van that witnesses said was going up to 100 mph sped southbound in the northbound lanes of the viaduct.The ...

• Updated: 9:31 a.m. Friday, Aug. 27, 2004

Human Bones Found In 2 Locations

Detectives are investigating two recent discoveries of human skeletal remains -- one along Highway 18 near Auburn and another along Highway 410 near Greenwater, in Pierce County. Video: Grisly Near Green River Because victims of the Green River Killer were found not far from each site, detectives are examining the ...

• Updated: 3:21 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2004

2 Men Fatally Shot In Edmonds

Two men found shot outside an Edmonds apartment complex died Wednesday night and police were searching for two gunmen. Video: 2 Shot Dead Near Edmonds Restaurant Police responding to a report of fireworks found one man dead. The second man died after he was taken to Harborview Medical Center in ...

• Updated: 11:35 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, 2004

Attack Suspect Appears In Court

Bail was set at $5 million Wednesday for a convicted rapist who was arrested in assaults on two women in Seattle. Curtis Thompson in Jail Court - Ultra Security garb Curtis Thompson Curtis S. Thompson came into court with his hands and feet shackled in chains, wearing a jumpsuit with ...

• Updated: 5:03 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004

Community Meeting Held Over Letourneau's Release

About fifty people turned out for a sex offender notification meeting about Mary Kay Letourneau Wednesday night in Burien.Letourneau taught elementary school in the Highline School District before being convicted of raping a former student. LETOURNEAU CASE SLIDESHOW: Timeline Of The Mary Kay Letourneau Case There was mixed reaction about ...

• Updated: 6:10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, 2004

Primary Outcry Swamps Elections Officials

Washington's secretary of state says his office has received thousands of complaints from people upset with the new primary system, in which voters will have to choose a party instead of getting to split their tickets. Survey: Washington's New Primary System Courts ordered Washington to change its primary after the ...

• Updated: 12:16 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004

Teen Mourned At Bainbridge Island Memorial

Emotions overflowed at a candlelight vigil for the young victims of a horrible car crash on Bainbridge Island Tuesday night. Video: Candlelight Vigil For Teen Crash Victims The community came together at Bethany Lutheran Church on Bainbridge Island to remember Sarah Gillette, the 16-year-old girl killed on a joy ride ...

• Updated: 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2004

Woman Speaks Out About 1985 Attack

An Eastside woman is speaking out about the convicted sex offender who raped her 19 years ago and who police say attacked two other women in Seattle Monday night.The woman told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News she had no doubt the man would attack again. Video: Attack Caught On Tape Curtis ...

• Updated: 6:23 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004

Convicted Rapist May Face 'Third Strike'

The first man to be released from the McNeil Island Civil Commitment Center for Sex Offenders by a jury assaulted two women Monday night, police said. Curtis Thompson - Sex Offender mug shot Curtis Thompson Curtis S. Thompson, 45, was caught on surveillance tape allegedly following two women into a ...

• Updated: 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2004

Rain Floods Streets, Causes Phone Outage

Standing water from heavy rains wreaked havoc on traffic and has damaged a major Qwest phone line in Bellevue. Video: Major Underground Phone Line Flooded A number of people who live in south Bellevue have no phone service, but there was no immediate estimate of the number of Qwest customers ...

• Updated: 5:09 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2004