PLU women athletes take little time for glory
Say this about the Pacific Lutheran softball team: They play hard and celebrate fast. They came back from Virginia on Tuesday afternoon with the NCAA Division III National Championship trophy in hand, accepted the boisterous cheers and well-wishes of several hundred fans and classmates at the University Center, and then got back to business.
Say this about the Pacific Lutheran softball team: They play hard and celebrate fast.
Behind a brilliant run of pitching by senior Stacey Hagensen, the Pacific Lutheran University softball team is NCAA Division III champion.
Since they learned in January about a $100,000 grant from Target Corp. and Ellen DeGeneres’ show, members of the James Sales Elementary School community have been busy deciding how to put the money to work.
An employee of a Mexican restaurant in Parkland accidentally sparked a fire Monday that destroyed the building.
An employee of a Mexican restaurant in Parkland accidentally sparked a fire today that destroyed the building.
Pierce County sheriff’s investigators are looking for a man who punched a clerk in the face, then stole money from the register of a Parkland convenience store last month.
Pierce County sheriff’s investigators are searching for a man who punched a clerk in the face, then stole money from the register of a Parkland convenience store last month.
Central Pierce Fire & Rescue is a relatively new agency, but the department is trying to steep itself in old fire traditions. On Tuesday, it held its first “push-in” housing ceremony for a ladder truck being added to the department’s fleet.
American Legion Post No. 2 recently opened a second front in its battle with Tacoma’s Karpeles Manuscript Library. The two entities are fighting over a World War II-era cannon that once stood outside the library near Wright Park. The Legionnaires contend the cannon rightfully belongs to them, even though they left the gun behind when they moved out the building more than 20 years ago.
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