Bartender Jason Sperring, left, found a wallet while working at Alfred’s Cafe on Puyallup Avenue in Tacoma. Then he and cafe owner Brett Armstrong, right, found the owner in Arizona and sent it to her via an overnight carrier. (PETER HALEY/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

At Alfred’s, they’ve got your back

When she got the call from Tacoma saying her daughter had been hospitalized, Claire Hickox packed fast and headed to the airport from her home in Arizona.
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Published May 25th, 2013 - 4:08PM
The latest batch of documents released in the Susan Powell case show investigators seeking permission to mount wiretaps on her husband Josh Powell's phone after she vanished in December 2009.
Published May 25th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Fife police officers and Tacoma firefighters responded Friday to an apparent suicide in the 2500 block of 62nd Avenue East.
Published May 25th, 2013 - 4:47AM
A Metro SWAT member shot and killed a Fife man early Friday after the man held his 4-year-old son hostage for more than four hours Thursday night.
Published May 24th, 2013 - 10:38PM
Of the more than 550 bridges in Pierce County, 28 are designated as “structurally deficient” and need some kind of repair, rehabilitation or replacement, according to interviews and a News Tribune analysis of national bridge data.
Published May 24th, 2013 - 6:11AM
In a note digitally embedded in the photo of State Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver — now posted on the Legislature’s website — a legislative staffer conveyed how Benton “would like to slightly ‘fix’ a few things about his picture.”
Published May 24th, 2013 - 8:16PM
How the closure of Interstate 5 in Skagit County will affect the flow of commerce isn’t yet clear. The inability of trucks to use the state’s major north-south highway will certainly mean adjustments for shippers and distributors. But none interviewed Friday could form any kind of prediction.
Published May 24th, 2013 - 7:34PM
As part of the major renovation of Tacoma’s Stadium Way, the southbound lanes of Schuster Parkway will be closed during daytime hours for about six weeks, starting Tuesday.
Published May 24th, 2013 - 7:00PM
Two Pierce County men who the U.S. government alleged are part of the “sovereign citizen” movement were sentenced Friday to federal prison for several crimes.
Published May 24th, 2013 - 6:14AM
As an adoptee, state Rep. Tina Orwall hoped to win more disclosure.

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