A Pierce County judge declined to release Semaj Booker from juvenile detention Thursday following a 90-minute hearing in which he extensively questioned the 11-year-old boy’s mother about her decision-making. Read more...

The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a man killed Sunday in a one-car crash near Orting as Matthew Fyalka, 28, of Bonney Lake. Read more...

Doug Scheppe’s 11-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son never want to go down to the Carbon River again. Read more...

Stealing life jackets from little kiddies just ain’t cool. Read more...

Andy Schroeder looked up when he heard the Mazda RX-7 hit the gravel shoulder along Purdy Drive. Read more...

The man accused of killing a Purdy woman in a hit-and-run accident Friday got out of jail July 7 after a 11-day stay for violating the terms of his community supervision, authorities said Monday. Read more...

Posted on our Lights & Sirens blog at 8:19 a.m. Monday The gas card giveaway launched last week by Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers is enjoying some early success. Read more...

Posted on Lights & Sirens at 3:52 p.m. Monday Lakewood police raided a home and business full of suspected forged auto parts Sunday after the owner was arrested at a Pennsylvania car show. Read more...

Washington residents will soon be notified by e-mail if they want to know when a sex offender moves into their neighborhood. As part of an overhaul of the statewide sex offender registry, the state is setting up a system that features real-time updates for newly registered offenders and lets residents sign up to be notified if an offender moves nearby. Read more...

A 17-year-old male was shot and killed Saturday evening at a fast food restaurant in Kent, police said in news release. Read more...

Tacoma police officers wrote at least 17 tickets to people setting off fireworks in the city and confiscated more than 500 pounds of explosives during a nine-day enforcement emphasis around Independence Day. Read more...

A Purdy-area woman died Friday evening after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver while walking in the 14600 block of Purdy Drive, Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said Saturday. Read more...

FBI agents are investigating whether a Pierce County man suspected of recruiting a Tacoma girl into prostitution convinced other girls to work in the sex trade as well. Read more...

Some people think high gas prices are a crime. Read more...

A Pierce County judge equated a young Tacoma man to a terrorist before sentencing him Thursday to more than 30 years in prison for murdering another man last year. Read more...