A motorcyclist was killed in Parkland early this morning after losing control and crashing into a semi-truck before bursting into flames, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.
South Sound school districts that participated in a state study last fall designed to streamline how they are reimbursed for certain services fear it could end up costing them time, money – or both.
Authorities are searching for a 45-year-old man suspected of robbing four Pierce County banks in a week.
A fire that appears to have started in the attic of a Parkland home this afternoon is under control, and investigators are now working to determine what caused it.
Pierce County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man suspected of robbing three convenience stores March 16.
If you wander into Pacific Lutheran University’s gallery this month and feel a little small, that’s understandable. In 16 big works, ice and water meet and break up into abstractions on a glacial scale, commenting not just on elemental forces such as oceans and climate change, but on the concept of landscape itself.
A road-improvement project beginning next week could cause delays over the next two months for drivers who cut through Joint Base Lewis-McChord to Interstate 5 from Spanaway
A 56-year-old Parkland man who was missing five days was found safe Wednesday.
A 56-year-old Parkland man who was missing five days was found safe this morning.
Jeff Sautell's family says his finished work at the Fredrickson Boeing plant Friday night, stopped to get groceries and made it home around the usual time of 11:30 p.m.
Crews responded about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to what became a two-alarm house fire in the 900 block of 112th Street South in Parkland.
Firefighters have doused the flames but are still working to put out hot spots on the house.
Two men dressed as soldiers – one carrying a gun, one wearing a mask - robbed a custom jewelry store in Parkland Tuesday.
Pierce County Pastor William Wolfson buys and sells space on the Internet. He owns hundreds of domain names: the addresses that carry you to Web pages, the online equivalent of real estate. Wolfson says he doesnt buy dark alleys. He suspects someone he declines to identify possibly one of several trusted associates with access to his personal information inadvertently slimed him by linking his name to porn.
Alice Schibig grew up in Parkland with history all around her. The home where she was raised was built in 1900, part of what had been a working farm since the 1850s. When her father paid $12,000 for 110 acres in 1929, he ran it as a working dairy farm.
Pierce County prosecutors on Thursday filed two weapons charges against a 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting at rival gang members outside a Parkland fast-food restaurant.
Pierce County prosecutors today filed two weapons charges against a 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting at rival gang members outside a Parkland fast food restaurant.
Oregon State Police said they recovered 14 pounds of marijuana from a 36-year-old Parkland man’s vehicle during a traffic stop early this morning.
A 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting at rival gang members during a brouhaha at a McDonald’s restaurant in Parkland could be charged Thursday.
A 15-year-old felon has been arrested in connection with the gang shooting that injured one teen at a Parkland McDonalds restaurant Monday afternoon.
A copy machine is all that stood between a shootout involving teenage gang members and potential tragedy Monday in Parkland.
A copy machine is all that stood between a shootout involving teenage gang members and potential tragedy in Parkland on Monday.
Central Pierce Fire & Rescue crews quickly got the upper hand on a fire that broke out at a vacant home in Parkland today, Assistant Chief Randy Stephens said.

