Stories for September 2008
Stories for Tuesday, September 30
Can Anyone Catch Charles Wright Academy?
Hello All!Congratulations to Charles Wright Academy for their success in KIRO 7’s Game of the Week competition!! If they win this week, they will be our featured Game for the second time this year. No other school has done that in the competition’s history! Good luck and keep voting!One question ...
Consumer Credit Limits Lowering, Interest Rates Rising
Think that letter from your financial company is just junk mail?You'd better open it because with the current economic crisis, many banks and credit card companies are lowering their customers' credit limits and raising interest rates."The banks are running into trouble, and some of the things that got them into ...
Victim In Lake Tapps Boating Crash Identified
Authorities have identified the man who died in the collision of two boats on Lake Tapps Monday night.The victim is Ronald Scott, 49, of Bonney Lake, said the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office.East Pierce County Fire and Rescue Acting Chief John McDonald told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that the crash ...
Puyallup Bank Robber On The Loose
Puyallup police are looking for a man who robbed the 1st Security Bank of Washington in Puyallup.Around 11:30 a.m. Monday, the robber walked in the bank in the 300 block of W. Stewart Street and handed the teller a note. The note demanded cash and said the robber was armed, ...
Girl Assaulted By Stranger In North Seattle
Police are looking for the man who broke into a Lake City home and fondled a girl in her backyard, said Renee Witt of the Seattle Police Department.The girl was working on a star gazing science experiment last Thursday night when the man confronted the girl, Witt said. He put ...
Police: 'Too Early To Tell' If Fatal Snohomish Fire Is Arson
Fire officials said Tuesday that a fatal mobile home fire in Snohomish is a case of arson, but police later said it is too soon to know whether the fire that killed two women and two children was set."It's too early in the investigation to tell if it's arson," Snohomish ...
Police Looking In River For Monroe Robber
A man sprayed an armored car driver with pepper spray, grabbed a bag of money and escaped via inner tube down a river in Washington state. Police spokeswoman Debbie Willis says the driver was robbed late Tuesday morning while leaving a Bank of America branch in Monroe.The Bank of America ...
Seattle Bank Robber Suspected In Other Robberies
Police are looking for a man who robbed a downtown Seattle bank Tuesday and is suspected of robbing several other Puget Sound banks and a pharmacy in the last month.The Washington Federal Savings in downtown Seattle was robbed around 9:20 a.m., said Seattle Police Department spokeswoman Renee Witt.The bomb squad ...
10,000 Fort Lewis Troops Going To Iraq
The Army is sending 10,000 Fort Lewis soldiers to Iraq, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.The I Corps, 3rd and 5th Stryker Brigades will deploy to Iraq in 2009, said the Fort Lewis Public Affairs Office.I Corps will deploy in the spring, in its first combat deployment in more than half a ...
2 Women, 2 Girls Killed In Mobile Home Fire In Snohomish
A fire that engulfed a mobile home killed two women and two school-age girls Tuesday morning in Snohomish, firefighters said.Snohomish Fire Deputy Chief Ron Simmons said the women who were killed were sisters. The children were daughters of one of the sisters, he said.Simmons did not release the names or ...
Man Stabbed In Federal Way
A confrontation aboard a Metro Transit bus led to a stabbing that left one man in serious condition and a suspect at large, police said.Police spokesperson Cathy Schrock told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that a Metro bus was pulling away from the transit center at about 6 a.m. when an ...
Man Stabbed At Federal Way Transit Center
A confrontation aboard a Metro Transit bus led to a stabbing that left one man in serious condition and a suspect at large, police said.Police spokesperson Cathy Schrock told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that a Metro bus was pulling away from the transit center at about 6 a.m. when an ...
Stories for Monday, September 29
1 Dead In High-Speed Boating Accident On Lake Tapps
A man is dead and nine adults were rescued Monday night after a high-speed boating crash on Lake Tapps in Pierce County.East Pierce County Fire and Rescue Acting Chief John McDonald told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that the crash occurred at 10:37 p.m. just off Interlake Island. McDonald said fire ...
Finding Out If Your Bank Is Less Liable To Fail
With word of Wachovia Bank, one of the biggest banks to struggle due to rising mortgage losses is being bought out by Citigroup, and the news of JPMorgan Chase buying out Washington Mutual, many customers are wondering if their bank is safe. At just five years old, Northwest Commercial Bank ...
Edmonds School District Considering Closing 2 Schools
Higher food and gas prices are pinching the budget of the Edmonds School District, which is considering closing two schools next fall.Parents and other community members will debate closing Woodway Elementary and Evergreen Elementary.A public hearing will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at district headquarters, 20420 68th Ave. W. ...
KIROTV.com Celebrity Look-A-Like Slideshow
Welcome to kirotv.com's Celebrity Look-a-Like Contest!Does someone you know look like a celebrity?If so, send us proof and we'll include it in a slideshow posted on kirotv.com.All you have to do is send a celebrity look-a-like image to mfox@kirotv.com.Include the person's name and who you think they look like.After you ...
KIROTV.com Story Leads Detective To Rape Suspect
A story on KIROTV.com leads Lacey police to identify the man who officials say raped a woman near St. Martin’s University in April, said KIRO 7 reporter Richard Thompson.Lacey detectives said Richard Duane Bunch, who is already in jail on other rape charges, is also the person who sexually assaulted ...
Police: Mother Who Abandoned Baby Turns Herself In
The woman believed to be the mother of a newborn who was abandoned at a Federal Way church has turned herself in, Federal Way police said.Police said the 22-year-old Federal Way resident turned herself in after she called police several times since media coverage of the incident began. Detective eventually ...
How Pacific Northwest Lawmakers Voted On Bailout
Pacific Northwest lawmakers were split down the middle Monday as the House rejected a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation's financial system. Eight lawmakers from Washington, Oregon and Idaho voted in favor of the bailout, and eight voted against it. See the votes of all members of Congress Rep. ...
Slain Forest Service Officer Had 'Heart, Integrity'
Officers from around the state and country, including as far away as Texas, along with family and friends gathered to honor Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks who was killed in the line of duty.The memorial procession to Civic Field in Port Angeles was so long Monday, they had to stop ...
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