Stories for August 2006
Stories for Wednesday, August 30
Cleanup Crews Search For Edmonds Oil Spill
Cleanup crews dispatched to an oil sheen near Edmonds on Wednesday couldn't find any significant spill, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.Department of Ecology crews spent several hours looking for what appeared to be a sheen of oil on Puget Sound near the Edmonds Ferry Terminal.Chopper 7 pilot Clark Stahl saw ...
Soriano Improving After Suffering Head Injury
Mariners reliever Rafael Soriano remained in stable condition in an intensive care unit Wednesday morning after being hit in the head by a line drive Tuesday night. Team officials said he could be released from the hospital as soon as today. Team physician Dr. Edward Khalfayan visited Soriano at Harborview ...
Arraignment Delayed For Convicted Rapist Accused Of Murder
The arraignment was delayed on Wednesday for a convicted rapist who is accused of fatally stabbing a north Seattle woman a few months after he was released from prison.The attorney for 47-year-old Curtis Thompson said he wants an expert to determine whether Thompson is competent to stand trial before he ...
Stories for Tuesday, August 29
Man Accused Of Killing Kirkland Family Will Face Trial
Connor Schierman, the man accused of stabbing to death a Kirkland family before setting their house on fire, went before a judge Tuesday.Schierman's attorney attempted to get Judge Gregory Canova to dismiss the case against Schierman after the Kirkland Police Department released 300 pages of discovery in the case to ...
Young Adults Reach Out To Community Through City Year
City Year Seattle/King County was created in 1998 to engage young adults from diverse backgrounds in powerful community service, as well as to encourage leadership development and long-term civic engagement.Young people from the ages 17-24 provide essential and effective academic and social support to high need children and youth across ...
Level 3 Sex Offender Re-Arrested
A violent Level 3 sex offender has been arrested again in Thurston County for allegedly molesting an 8-year-old girl.Jeffery Gisselberg has a history of abducting and raping teenage girls. Gisselberg has been registered in Mason County since his release in 1994.Gisselberg is accused of molesting an 8-year-old girl he met ...
Woman Makes Plea In Death Of Boy
A 44-year-old former Kitsap County woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of homicide by abuse and first-degree manslaughter in the death of her 8-year-old adopted son in 2002. Kimberley A. Forder was held at the Kitsap County Jail on $1 million bail. Christopher Forder died of pneumonia when the ...
Veteran Harts Included In Seahawks Cuts
Former Kansas City Chiefs starting safety Shaunard Harts is among 15 players cut Monday by the Seattle Seahawks, The Seahawks signed Harts in the offseason as insurance in case starting safety Ken Hamlin did not return from a fractured skull and other injuries he sustained in an October street fight. ...
Local Search Crews Head To Gulf Coast
Crews from Western Washington left for the southeastern U.S. Tuesday morning to help in the response to Tropical Storm Ernesto, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.Thirty-six crew members from the Washington Urban Search and Rescue Task Force left on a chartered flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Atlanta.The team, which includes ...
Woman Critically Injured In House Fire
A fire broke out at a north Seattle home early Tuesday morning, critically injuring a woman, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.Neighbors said they told the 63-year-old woman that her house was on fire and tried to get her out, but she went back inside, needing to be rescued by firefighters.When ...
Stories for Monday, August 28
Lynnwood Police Searching For Bank Robber
Lynnwood police are searching for a man who robbed a Bank Of America Monday afternoon.According to police, the man walked into the bank at 5727 196th Street Southwest and passed the teller a note and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.No weapon was visible and no one ...
Couric Talks About Move To CBS
Read excerpts from an interview with Katie Couric on her move to CBS, her career, her kids and other topics.ON THE MOVE TO CBS: "You know, it’s an adventure so with that it’s exciting, a little scary and anxiety producing but I’m thrilled."ON HER EARLY YEARS: "I worked at ABC ...
Katie Couric To Interview With President Bush
Katie Couric is scheduled to speak with President George W. Bush at the White House for an interview to be broadcast during the CBS News primetime special, FIVE YEARS LATER -- HOW SAFE ARE WE?, anchored by Couric--on Wednesday, Sept. 6 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The ...
Katie Couric Comes To CBS And KIRO 7
Katie Couric is anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and will also be a 60 Minutes correspondent and the anchor of CBS News primetime specials.When the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric debuts, Couric will become the first female solo anchor of a weekday ...
WiFi Hot Spots Now At Washington Rest Areas
Most rest areas along Washington state highways will become WiFi hot spots, the state Department of Transportation said Monday.Road conditions and other traveler information on the WSDOT's Web site are available at no cost. Subscribers to Road Connect can visit other Web sites. MORE ON THIS STORY WiFi At Rest ...
Details Emerge In Alleged Abuse Death Of 8-Year-Old
Court documents obtained by KIRO 7 Eyewitness News on Monday described "gruesome evidence" in the case of a woman who is accused of killing an 8-year-old boy she had adopted.An affidavit of probable cause outlined "unthinkable acts of child abuse that spanned several years," said KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter ...
Arraignment Delayed For Driver Accused In Officer's Death
Arraignment for a woman who is accused of causing a crash that killed a Seattle police officer was postponed on Monday.Her attorneys told a judge that Mary Jane Rivas is incompetent to understand proceedings because of pain medication she's taking for a broken leg and ankle."She's on so much pain ...
Firefighters Work To Save Homes In Path Of Wildfire
Firefighters are working to save three homes in the path of a fast-moving wildfire that is burning in steep terrain between Granite Falls and Arlington in Snohomish County, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported. Video: Fire In Snohomish County Threatens Homes The Deer Mountain fire sent flames and thick smoke into ...
Driver Sought In Fatal Hit-And-Run In Tacoma
Tacoma police are seeking a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash after a car collided with a motorcycle late Sunday on the city's east side. The man reportedly pulled into the path of a the bike, which hit the car. Preston Thompson, 26, of Tacoma, driver of the motorcycle, ...
Tacoma Police Investigate Fatal Shooting
A woman was shot to death in a downtown alley described as popular with prostitutes, drug addicts and transients. Callers to 911 reported gunshots about 2:40 a.m. Sunday, and soon afterward a woman flagged down an off-duty police officer and told him a body was lying in Court D South ...
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