Stories for May 2012
Stories for Thursday, May 31
Details on Prayer for Peace in the City
Prayer for Peace in the City Friday, June 1, 2012 6:30pm This Friday, June 1 at 6:30pm, St. James Cathedral on Seattle’s First Hill offers a contemplative prayer service in response to the recent spate of violence in our city. The service will feature the meditative music of the ecumenical ...
Stories for Wednesday, May 30
Personality secrets to a long life
A new study may offer some tips to help you stick around for your 100th birthday. Try to be optimistic, easygoing, sociable, and conscientious. Don't bottle up your feelings. Suppress the urge to talk ill of others, the new research suggests. That combination of personality factors seems to describe the ...
Seattle Times: Suspected gunman's family 'could see this coming'
The family of the man accused in Wednesday's deadly shootings in Seattle told The Seattle Times they weren't surprised to see him implicated in the killing spree. Police identified the man as Ian Stawicki. "It's no surprise to me this happened," his brother, Andrew Stawicki, told the Times. "We could ...
Roosevelt shooting suspect may have argued with victims in the past
A possible motive in the deadly Roosevelt café shootings began to emerge Wednesday night as witnesses told KIRO 7 about previous encounters with the man suspected in the attacks. One person told KIRO 7’s Deborah Horne that the man had been in a verbal altercation with some of the victims ...
Roosevelt shooting suspect shoots himself
The suspect in the Roosevelt shootings has shot himself in West Seattle, police said. KIRO 7 Eyewitness News crews are at the scene in the 600 block of 37th Avenue Southwest. Watch live coverage on KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.
Woman in downtown Seattle shooting dies
A woman was shot and killed in a carjacking in downtown Seattle on Wednesday morning, less than an hour after four people were killed and one person was injured in a shooting near Cowen Park in North Seattle, the Seattle Police Department said. Police said Wednesday afternoon evidence had led them ...
Gunman, 5 others dead after 2 Seattle shootings
A man who killed five people in a bloody shooting spree at two Seattle locations ended an intense manhunt by turning the gun on himself as officers closed in on him Wednesday. The Seattle Police Department identified the man as Ian Stawicki. Harborview Medical Center said he died ...
Liquor board votes to deny Seattle the right to keep bars open later
The Washington State Liquor Control Board has voted to deny Seattle the right to keep bars open past 2 a.m. Current law prohibits alcohol sales between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. The three-member board voted in Olympia Wednesday morning. Mayor Mike McGinn asked the state in July ...
Flamboyant serpent-handling pastor dies from rattlesnake bite
A West Virginia pastor who wanted to keep the practice of handling snakes during church services alive and was well-known for his flamboyant talents died after being bitten by a rattlesnake. The Washington Post Magazine profiled Pentecostal pastor Mack Wolford last November. Wolford told the Post he believed Christians should handle ...
Bear spotted near school in Gig Harbor
Gig Harbor police searched a wooded area near a school on Monday after a woman reported seeing a bear in the area, the Tacoma News Tribune reported. The TNT said the bear was spotted around noon in an open field at Discovery Elementary School. TNT photos showed Officer ...
Jessica Simpson sells pics of Baby Maxwell for reported $800K
Like many celeb moms before her, Jessica Simpson is cashing in on the much-anticipated first photos of her new bundle of joy. Less than a month after giving birth to daughter Maxwell Drew on May 1, the 31-year-old singer secured a deal with People magazine for ar eported $800,000. Little Maxwell makes ...
Beloved former UW football star found dead in hotel room
A former University of Washington football star was found dead in a hotel room, but his cause of death remains a mystery. Johnie Kirton, who was playing this season with the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League, was found dead in a Santa Clara hotel room Monday ...
Veteran angered by SPD officer who parked in disabled spot on Memorial Day
A disabled veteran is angered after he saw an able-bodied Seattle police officer parked in a disabled parking spot in West Seattle on Memorial Day. Henry Revelez said he was going to park in the spot at the Metropolitan Market on Monday but a Seattle police car was there, ...
Police chase third suspect in Shelton slayings
Police hunting for a third suspect in the fatal shooting of two people in Shelton reportedly chased him until he crashed overnight. Police have been looking for Charles Sydney Longshore, 22, in Monday's shootings of Tyler Drake, 19, and Anitrea Taber, 37. Late Monday, police in McCleary found ...
Pot candy-making operation goes up in smoke
A man's pot candy-making operation went up in smoke after fire erupted in the basement of a Seattle home. Firefighters were called to the home off Lake City Way on Northeast 120th Street shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday for flames coming from the home’s basement. Seattle Fire Department ...
Stories for Tuesday, May 29
Woman describes waking up to find daughter stabbing her
A woman who woke up with her daughter on top of her, stabbing her in the neck talked to KIRO 7 on Tuesday about how she survived the attack and what might have led her daughter to carry it out. “She just jumped on me, covered my mouth and tried ...
Central District man: Police should walk the streets to prevent crime
The Seattle Police Department announced plans recently to put more officers on the street, but some of the people living in troubled neighborhoods are skeptical that an increase in so-called “emphasis patrols” will do much good. The plan is to take officers off routine traffic patrol and have them patrol ...
Court docs: Accused Folklife shooter apologizes, says 'yaks' comment started fight
The man accused in Saturday’s shooting at the Northwest Folklife Festival has apologized to police and said he was aiming for someone else, according to court records obtained Tuesday. Ryan Burr was an innocent bystander when an argument between rival gang members led to the shooting. He was hit in ...
Cash helps people make healthy lifestyle changes
Knowing you need to make healthy lifestyle changes like exercising more and eating less fat is, as most anyone knows, a lot different from actually doing it. Now new research shows that cold, hard cash may help more people make -- and maintain -- such changes. According to the study, ...
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