Stories for June 2011
Stories for Thursday, June 30
Seattle Water Rates Could Go Up 28% Over Next 3 Years
Seattle residents could soon be paying more for water. On Friday, Seattle Public Utilities will propose that the City Council raise rates by as much as 28 percent over three years.The possible rate hikes come as a result of a federal mandate to protect public water supplies from terrorist attacks. ...
Everett Officer Who Shot And Killed Man In 2009 Fired
KIRO 7 news partner The Daily Herald in Everett confirmed Thursday that Troy Meade, the Everett police officer at the center of a deadly shooting of an unarmed man, has been fired.Everett police Chief Jim Scharf sent Meade a letter Thursday that stated, among other things, "the escalation from Taser ...
Summerlike Weather Pattern Likely to Begin On Fourth
Skies will be brighter and temperatures warming into the weekend as high pressure takes control of our weather. Morning low clouds will be around Western Washington, but going into the holiday weekend, it looks increasingly likely that a substantial shift in the weather pattern is upon us beginning on July ...
Northgate Rollover Crash Blocks I-5 Express Lanes
A rollover crash blocked the express lanes on northbound Interstate 5 in the Northgate area shortly before 3 p.m. on Thursday. SLIDESHOW: Van Rolls Over On Northgate Express Lanes An DOT Incident Response Team, Washington State Patrol and multiple firefighters responded to extricate a person who was trapped inside a ...
Officials Say Fire Intentionally Set At North Seattle Apartment
Fire officials are investigating an arson in which the interior of an apartment unit was burned in North Seattle.Seattle firefighters responded to a report of smoke coming from an apartment balcony in the 14000 block of 12th Avenue Northeast in the Jackson Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon.According to Fire Department spokesman ...
Greenwood Rape Suspect Accused In Other Attacks, Robberies
The man accused of abducting and raping a North Seattle woman is also the suspect in at least two other attacks on women and in three robberies at north end businesses, police sources told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.Jose Primitivo Jimenez-Lopez declined to appear in court Thursday but a judge nevertheless ...
Jury: Kalebu Guilty Of Aggravated Murder
A jury has found Isaiah Kalebu guilty of aggravated murder, attempted murder, rape and burglary in the July 2009 break-in and attack on a lesbian couple in their South Park home.One victim survived. Her partner, Teresa Butz, was killed.Prosecutors described the attack in which the two women were raped, tortured ...
Driver Sought After Chase Ends In Parkland Crash
Police are searching for a driver who escaped after a police chase and crash in Pierce County. Officers said the chase started in Lakewood and ended with the fleeing pickup truck smashing through fences at a Parkland apartment complex on Ainsworth Avenue South and 106th Street South.The truck crashed shortly ...
Police Arrest Second Teen Wanted In Stabbing Rampage
Police have arrested a second teenager in connection with a violent rampage in Whatcom County that left four people wounded and caused a large multiple-agency response from authorities early Thursday morning.Police arrested the 17-year-old Thursday afternoon. A 16-year-old was taken into custody earlier in the day in connection with the ...
Scorpion On A Plane: Man Stung On Seattle To Anchorage Flight
An Alaska Airlines passenger said he was trying to sleep on a red-eye flight from Seattle to Anchorage when he felt a tickle inside one of his sleeves. He brushed it aside without looking, thinking a small bug might be on his arm."Then I felt it crawling on me again," ...
Stories for Wednesday, June 29
Men Convicted In 1994 Bellevue Slayings To Get Appeal Hearing
An appeal will be heard next week in the case of two men convincted in the 1994 slaying of a Bellevue family, and on Wednesday, family of one of the men said they're convinced it could turn the case around.Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay were convicted in the beating deaths ...
55 Pounds Of Cocaine Seized In Traffic Stop, Bellingham Man Arrested
A Bellingham man was arrested and about 55 pounds of cocaine was found by police during a Tuesday night traffic stop on Interstate 5 in the Medford, Ore. area.According to Oregon State Police Lieutenant Kelly Collins, at 11:15 p.m., a trooper stopped a 2002 Chevrolet pickup for a traffic violation ...
3 Arrested, Accused Of Burglary At Dead Mans Burien Home
King County sheriff's deputies arrested three men Tuesday night in connection with a burglary and theft at a Burien home that occurred after the homeowner had died.Police said Leonard Werner, 69, had been dead about two weeks before his body was found by relatives Friday at his home in the ...
Fire Destroys House In Issaquah
Fire has destroyed a home in Issaquah.The KIRO 7 Eyewitness News assignment desk first heard about the fire on scanners shortly after noon on Wednesday.A KIRO 7 photographer saw flames shooting from the roof of the home in the 6600 block of 282nd Street Southeast. He said the home was ...
Hogan Joining With Local Group To Help Moms On Social Media Day
The Seattle community is teaming up to make a global impact on Social Media Day.Thursday is national Social Media Day, and the local community is teaming with Seattle-based nonprofit SeeYourImpact.org to use Social Media for good! KIRO 7 Traffic reporter Jenni Hogan, is spearheading the project called Impact Mamas."The idea ...
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg To Visit Seattle On Recruiting Trip Wednesday Night
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg will visit Facebook's Seattle offices Wednesday night on a recruiting trip, Brier Dudley of The Seattle Times reports."The company had scheduled a tech talk for tonight with its vice president of engineering, Mike Schroepfer, but ... now the event has morphed into a recruiting ...
Officials: Inmate Killed At Clallam Bay Prison Tried To Escape With Forklift
An inmate at Clallam Bay Corrections Facility was shot and killed by officers Wednesday morning after he drove a forklift through a set of doors and into the perimeter fences.At about 10 a.m., a corrections officer working in the industries area of the prison was taken hostage by Dominick Maldonado, ...
Obama Says Boeing, U.S. Companies Need Freedom To Relocate
President Barack Obama says it would defy common sense for Boeing Co. to have to shut down a new aircraft plant or lay off workers as a result of a labor dispute with the government.Obama says companies need to have the freedom to relocate work, though they must follow the ...
SWAT Responds To Incident At Tukwila Hotel
Police surrounded a hotel in Tukwila after a man said he was being threatened by two people in a room.Tukwila police said a man jumped from a window on the third floor of the Econolodge on Tukwila International Boulevard and 140th Street Wednesday morning. Officers said the man told them ...
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