Josh Powell told his oldest son he had a “big surprise” for him moments before he attacked his two boys with a hatchet and started a fire that killed them all.
The Tacoma School Board on Thursday fired a Stadium High School security officer who is facing accusations that he had illegal sexual contact with two students.
An initiative to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana in Washington probably won’t get fast-tracked by the Legislature before it sees the ballot this fall, the campaign supporting it says.
Associated Ministries will hold a Moment of Blessing ceremony next week at the what’s left of the home where the two Powell brothers were killed.
The Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office has released video that shows a person of interest in Lindsey Baum's disappearance.
A Seattle-area club promoter who repeatedly stabbed a 28-year-old woman as she begged for her life has been convicted of first-degree murder.
Puyallup city leaders are discussing whether to move the Police Department into the four-year-old City Hall.
Listening to the 911 tapes now, after we know what was about to happen at Josh Powell’s house, the 911 call takers seem agonizingly dense and rude.
Scam artists pretending to be Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers preparing for combat deployments are trying to make phony car sales on the Internet with deals that sound too good to be true.
If true, the charges are ugly: a police officer cashing in on the deaths of four colleagues and feathering his nest with shiny toys. Skeeter Timothy Manos, 34, was charged Wednesday with 10 federal counts of wire fraud, involving the theft of at least $151,000 from a charitable fund intended for the families of four Lakewood officers slain in 2009.
A search warrant affidavit filed in Pierce County Superior Court on Tuesday showed Josh Powell withdrew $7,000 from a South Hill bank branch Saturday.
She could hear a boy crying inside the house. She rang the doorbell. She begged Josh Powell to let her in. He ignored her.
Husband. Antisocial. Father. Awkward. Person of Interest. Erratic. Loving. Controlling. Abusive. All are words that have been used to describe Josh Powell, 36, but there is only one that will forever be associated with his name.
On Sunday, just hours after the deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell and their father, several news media outlets were reporting that one of the children had made a drawing depicting a family outing that indicated their mother, Susan Cox Powell, was in the trunk of a vehicle.
A search warrant affidavit filed in Pierce County Superior Court on Tuesday showed Josh Powell withdrew $7,000 from a South Hill bank branch Saturday.
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