Stories for June 2009
Stories for Sunday, June 28
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Receives National Murrow Award
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Maria Lamarca Anderson, Community Relations Manager 206.728.7777/mlanderson@kirotv.com SEATTLE--KIRO 7 Eyewitness News received the National Edward R. Murrow Award for “Overall Excellence.” This distinguished honor recognizes KIRO 7’s outstanding achievements in 2008 and is the second time in six years the station has received this national award.The judges ...
Diver Drowns At Redondo Beach
A diving expedition took a deadly turn for a diver at Redondo Beach Sunday afternoon.The Tukwila man, around 60-years in age, was diving with a group in the area when he experienced trouble about 8o feet down in the water.Kendra Kay, Public Information Officer with South King Fire, tells KIRO ...
Search Effort For McCleary Girl Doubles
The search effort to find a 10-year-old girl in the South Sound town of McCleary is doubling Tuesday.Lindsey Baum disappeared Friday night while walking home at about 9 p.m.A field operations vehicle arrived at the McCleary Police Department in Grays Harbor County Tuesday morning as crews prepared to resume the ...
Washington State Visitor Center Closing
The Washington State Visitor Information Center, which has guided people to tourism activities around the state for nearly 30 years, is set to close starting Wednesday.The Olympian newspaper reported that the closure is an effort to save $284,000 over two years, one of the most visible state budget cuts as ...
Academy For At-Risk Youths Graduates First Class
Eighty-three teens who were once at risk of dropping out of high school are among the first to graduate from the new Washington Youth Academy.The military-style school program for 16- to 19-year-olds opened in Bremerton in January, The Kitsap Sun reported.It's part of the National Guard's 15-year-old Youth Challenge program.The ...
Hundreds Attend Anti-Tax Rally In Olympia
Activist Tim Eyman spoke to a crowd of several hundred people at an anti-tax rally at Olympia Saturday and said he still needs the requisite signatures in a petition drive to put Initiative 1033 on the ballot.Eyman is sponsor of Initiative 1033, which would reduce property taxes by limiting the ...
Three People Shot In Tacoma
Tacoma police are investigating a triple shooting in Tacoma.Police spokesman Mark Fulghum told KIRO 7 that someone called 911 Saturday night to report that at least two people had been shot at a house in the 700 block of South Huson Street.Fulghum said that the shootings happened around 10:30 p.m. ...
Stories for Saturday, June 27
Seattle Police Search For Suspect In Fatal Shooting
Seattle police are searching for a suspect connected to a fatal shooting late Friday night.A police spokesman said that police were called to the area near South Atlantic Street and Airport Way South on a report of shots fired, around 11:30 p.m.Police found a man at the scene, shot once ...
Police Search For Missing 10-Year Old Girl
Police in Grays Harbor county are searching for a missing 10-year-old gir.A spokesman with the Grays Harbor Sheriff's department said that Lindsey J. Baum was last seen leaving a friend's house Friday night around 9 p.m. in the town of McCleary.Police told KIRO 7 that Lindsey left the house on ...
Young Girl Run Over After Falling Out Of Van
Tacoma police are investigating a traffic accident that injured a young girl.Police spokesman Mark Fulghum said that a 4-year-old girl opened the door of her mother's minivan, fell from the vehicle and was run over by the back tires.Fulghum told KIRO 7 that the child was taken to Mary Bridge ...
Man Shot In Seattle's Beacon Hill Neighborhood
A man was shot late Friday night in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood.Seattle Police say the shooting happened in an area occupied by homeless people, known as the jungle.The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.Police say his injuries are life-threatening.
Stories for Friday, June 26
Police Seek Answers To Lakewood Man's Mysterious Death
Police are trying to determine if a man found in a pool of blood and days later died in a hospital is a victim of an accident or a homicide.Robert Hill Fraser, 57, was found sitting on the grass in a pool of blood at the Pacific Ridge Apartments in ...
Racial Slurs Sprayed On Cars In Everett
Deputies are looking for whoever sprayed racial slurs onto vehicles parked in the Silver Firs neighborhood of unincorporated Everett, and they're investigating the incident as a hate crime, the sheriff's office said.People who live in the 5600 and 5700 blocks of 136th Street Southeast reported the damage early Friday morning. ...
Steilacoom Soldier Dies In Afghanistan
The Department of Defense announced Friday the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.First Lt. Brian N. Bradshaw, 24, of Steilacoom died June 25 in Kheyl, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st ...
Elderly Woman Struck By Bus In Seattle
An elderly woman was struck by a bus at 5th Avenue North and Harrison Street in Seattle, said KIRO 7 reporter Chris Legeros at the scene.The woman suffered a bump on the head after she was hit at about 11 a.m. Friday by a Gray Line double-decker bus.Legeros said the ...
Mariners Lose Ruling Over Strip Club Near Safeco Field
A King County judge has ruled that a strip club can open near Safeco Field.The judge issued a ruling Friday against the Mariners, who argued that the city should not have issued a permit for a strip club on First Avenue just south of the ballpark. The Mariners said that ...
Hoquiam Police Officer, Dog Seriously Hurt In Fall
A Hoquiam police officer and his police service dog are recovering after falling down a steep embankment while searching for a car thief early Friday morning.Hoquiam police Sgt. Jeff Salstrom and his service dog, Enno, fell about 15 feet down an embankment near Cannon Street above the 2300 block of ...
Missing Auburn Man Found Safe
Sydney Wayne Aydelotte, the Auburn man missing since Wednesday, has been found safe and unharmed.Auburn Police found Aydelotte at around 7:30 Friday morning.Aydelotte suffers from undiagnosed pre-dementia and disappeared from his Auburn adult family home Wednesday morning.
Shooting Leaves Bullet In Bottle
A clerk at a Kent 7-Eleven is recovering after he was shot during a robbery.The shooting happened at the convenience store on Southeast Kent Kangley Road just before 3 a.m.The clerk was wounded in the arm. The injuries are not life-threatening, police said.Police found the bullet that was fired lodged ...
False Alarm Triggers Transit Tunnel Closure
The downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel was closed in both directions for about 45 minutes Friday morning.Officials said the tunnel closed at 7:07 a.m. after an automatic alarm was triggered. Safety procedures call for the tunnel to close until the alarm is checked and cleared.The tunnel reopened at 7:53 a.m.
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