News Stories for April 2003
Stories for Monday, April 14
Seattle Schools Chief To Resign
Seattle school Superintendent Joseph Olchefske, widely criticized because of the financial troubles that have rocked the state's largest school district, is stepping down from his post, school officials confirmed to KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. Schools Chief Says He's Resigning Olchefske has told school board members of his plans, board members ...
Bothell Family Celebrating Return Of Injured Marine
A Bothell family is eager to see their son, who was injured in an accident in Iraq and who returned to U. S. soil over the weekend. Bothell Family Excited To See Injured Marine Iraq War (Main Sidebar) DOD File Soldier In Iraq Soldier In Iraq IRAQ WAR Story: Key ...
Stories for Friday, April 11
Bat-Swinging Woman Stops Gunman
The daughter of a pharmacist who faced an armed robber hit the suspect with a bat during the robbery in Bremerton today, subduing the gunman until police arrived to take him into custody. It happened at the Medicine Shop on Perry Street in Bremerton after a robber came in to ...
New Details In String Of Deaths
The best friend of a Lakewood mother who was apparently killed -- along with her son -- by a Fort Lewis soldier spoke to KIRO 7 Eyewitness News and provided new details in the string of deaths.Brittany McGlenn, 17, and her son Dylan, 2, were found slain last Thursday in ...
Stories for Thursday, April 10
Car Explodes Into Flames
A horrible crash and fire on SR 522 at SR 202 in Woodinville sent six people to the hospital and closed SR 522 in the area for several hours Thursday. Airlift helicopters rushed the two most seriously hurt patients -- two men with burns -- from the scene to Harborview ...
Suspects Sought In Stabbing Of Teen Girl
Seattle police are looking for two women in connection with the stabbing of a teenage girl. It happened in the parking lot of the University Village shopping area in Seattle about 2:30 this morning. Search For Suspects In Stabbing Of Teen The girl was taken to Harborview Medical Center. A ...
Search For Missing Mother And Child
Seattle police continued their search for a carjacking suspect who shot a man and took away a woman and her son, as new information emerged about the incident, which police are no longer calling a kidnapping. Police now believe the mother and her son went willingly with John Zinamon Johninson, ...
Stories for Wednesday, April 9
Fire That Destroyed Church No Longer Considered Suspicious
The fire that destroyed a Stanwood church Tuesday is no longer considered suspicious, fire officials said. Stanwood Church Fire The cause of the blaze is classified as "undetermined," Lt. Christian Davis said, but investigators have cleared people who were seen running from the scene.A bulldozer was moving debris Wednesday so ...
Sea-Tac Worker In Coma Following Mugging
A Sea-Tac Airport employee is in a coma following a violent mugging. Stephen Wilkie, (pictured, right), 27,was beaten by three men Saturday as he was walking along a footpath on his way to work, police told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.Police believe robbery was a motive in the attack, although Wilkie's ...
Local Iraqi-Americans Celebrate Events In Baghdad
There was jubilance in the streets of Everett as local Iraqi-Americans celebrated the stunning events in Baghdad and the apparent end of Saddam's reign Wednesday.Hundreds of Iraqi immigrants danced and chanted outside an Iraqi-American-owned market on Colby Avenue to celebrate allied military advances in Baghdad, joining thousands of American Iraqis ...
Crime Risks In High-Rise Apartments
A sexual assault inside a Northwest apartment complex wrapped in scaffolding points out the dangers to people living in high-rise buildings under construction. Crime Shows High-Rise Risks A man scaled several stories of scaffolding of a British Columbia apartment complex, broke into one of the units and raped a young ...
Stories for Monday, April 7
Kidnap Suspect Sought In Snohomish County
Snohomish County authorities are investigating an apparent kidnapping in which a woman was hijacked in Oregon and driven to Snohomish County.The woman's car was recovered in Clearview on Tuesday morning. It was found near a school about a mile from where her kidnapper released her. Kidnap Victim Sought The victim ...
Wild Police Chase Closes I-5 On-Ramp
A high speed police pursuit of a stolen car ended in a roll-over crash on the northbound I-5 on ramp to Highway 2 in Everett. Everett Chase The early morning crash ended when the car rolled over. The two occupants of the suspected stolen car had to be cut out ...
Stories for Friday, April 4
USS Lincoln Returning In May
The community of Everett can begin preparing welcome home celebrations for the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln. Iraq War (Main Sidebar) DOD File Soldier In Iraq Soldier In Iraq IRAQ WAR Story: Key Dates In The Iraq War Story: Crisis Plagues Iraq As U.S. Troops Depart Link: Iraq War ...
Out-of-Control Car Hits People On Downtown Sidewalk
A man who lost control of his car and hit two pedestrians in downtown Seattle Friday died. Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg-Hanson said one of the pedestrians -- a 45-year-old woman -- was in critical condition with a head injury.A 20-year-old woman was in serious condition with cuts to ...
Natural Gas Heat Costs Expected To Surge
Published: September 30, 2005 New York Times Natural gas prices set a record yesterday, pointing to sharply higher heating bills for a majority of Americans this winter and soaring costs for makers of plastics and chemicals, which use natural gas as their main fuel and raw material. Since the beginning ...
Deadly Crash Leads To Murder Mystery
A 17-year-old woman and a 2-year-old boy were found slain Thursday in the apartment of a Fort Lewis soldier who died earlier this week in an Oregon car crash, a Pierce County sheriff's officer said. Bodies Discovered After Fatal Crash The woman was the soldier's wife and the child was ...
Stories for Thursday, April 3
Pileup Closes Lanes Of I-5
A multiple-car crash on Interstate 5 closed three northbound lanes of the freeway near Southcenter Thursday, in the second day in a row a rain squall was blamed for a chain-reaction crash that closed the interstate. The number two, three and four lanes were closed during the afternoon commute, creating ...
Julie Francavilla
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News anchor Julie Francavilla is a Seattle favorite with morning news viewers, waking up western Washington with the day’s news that’s “new from overnight” for more than 15 years. Julie joined KIRO 7 Eyewitness News in April of 2003. Julie starts her day alongside many Seattle area ...
Hedlund Speaks Out On Her Role In Deadly Crash
The woman convicted of contributing to one the state's deadliest crashes spoke publicly for the first time in an interview with KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Wednesday. Crash Survivor Speaks Out Fighting back tears, Teresa Hedlund said she has no recollection of the night in 2001 when a single car crash ...
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