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Volunteers at Sunny Sky’s Animal Rescue in Puyallup are adept at helping dogs and cats, but they now find themselves in need of assistance. The no-kill shelter might have to shut down if it doesn't raise $200,000 and find a new facility to house its operation, which includes 80-100 animals.
Three girls were injured early Thursday morning when a car full of teenagers crashed near Puyallup, state troopers said.
The public is invited to a brief spiritual ceremony this morning to remember a Puyallup man and woman allegedly shot to death by their father while they slept.
The public is invited to a brief spiritual ceremony this morning to remember a Puyallup man and woman allegedly shot to death by their father while they slept.
The weather is warming earlier than usual this spring, and the timing couldn’t be better for the Daffodil Festival. The royal court had dry fields and bountiful blooms for Monday’s annual photo shoot at Knutson Farms in Sumner, where the 24 high school seniors wore their casual track suit ensemble.
Pamela Mandery answered the phone when a Puyallup man called 911 about 3:30 a.m. March 24 to say he had shot his son and daughter and was going to kill himself.
Few who listen to the recording of the call would dispute that Mandery’s directions and composure kept the tragedy from escalating further.
A Puyallup man charged with shooting his son and daughter in the head while they slept will appear in court Monday to face upgraded charges since his son died Thursday.
A 46-year-old Puyallup man shot allegedly by his father last weekend died Thursday at Tacoma General Hospital.
A 46-year-old Puyallup man shot allegedly by his father last weekend died this afternoon at Tacoma General Hospital, hospital spokeswoman Marce Edwards said.
Former Puyallup mayor Kathy Turner received a thumbs-up Tuesday from a state Senate committee to be appointed to the state Public Disclosure Commission, despite opposition from the city’s current mayor and deputy mayor.
Michael League called 911 early Sunday to report he’d “committed a father’s worst sin,” authorities said.
Pierce County prosecutors today charged 69-year-old Michael League with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the shootings of his adult children early Sunday.
While his grandchildren were asleep nearby, a Puyallup man shot his adult children in the head as they slept in his home early Sunday, killing his daughter and seriously wounding his son, police said.
Two people were shot in the head while they slept at a Puyallup home early Sunday morning, according to Puyallup police.
There were tears inside a Pierce County courtroom this morning and anger outside it after a 26-year-old Puyallup man was sentenced to a year in jail for throwing two punches that put another man in a coma last year.
The state will monitor a Puyallup marriage counselor for four years after charging her with providing false information about her credentials and breaking confidentiality with patients.
Despite being struck by a hit-and-run driver and confined to a hospital bed, 15-year-old Chloe Williams feels blessed. Loved ones have filled her room at Tacoma General Hospital with flowers, balloons and stuffed animals. She was able to stand up this week. What she wants though is to know why. Why did someone run her over as she walked in a crosswalk in downtown Puyallup March 14? Why did they leave her crumpled on the pavement, alone in the rain?
A man who asked to see surveillance footage of a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a teenage girl is not a suspect, Puyallup police said Wednesday.
Local clergy will gather today for a brief spiritual ceremony to honor a Spanaway woman allegedly killed by her estranged husband at a Tacoma motel last week.
A man who asked to see surveillance footage of a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a teenage girl is not a suspect, Puyallup police said today.
Puyallup police spoke with a man Tuesday who they said showed great interest in surveillance footage that captured a car hitting a 16-year-old girl last week and speeding away.
Puyallup police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who showed great interest in surveillance footage that captured a driver hitting a 16-year-old girl last week and speeding away.
She was shy, old-fashioned, a little dowdy. She’d had a traumatic youth, and no particular passion or work other than playing the piano. And she was just the first of four wives for writer Ernest Hemingway who, when Hadley Richardson met him, was a struggling Chicago journalist.
A 27-year-old man pleaded not guilty Thursday to first-degree robbery for holding up a Puyallup store for rent money.
A 16-year-old girl struck by a vehicle Thursday night in a hit-and-run collision is in serious condition but expected to survive, Puyallup police Capt. Scott Engle said.
Kalles Junior High School in Puyallup was temporarily placed on lockdown this morning after someone reported seeing a person with a weapon near campus, police said.
Additional law enforcement officers will patrol for drunken drivers this weekend in Pierce and King counties as people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
Olympia-based Heritage Financial, parent of Heritage Bank, has acquired Puyallup-based Valley Bank
Puyallup police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for stealing a Children’s Miracle Network donation bin.
It’s been a long haul, but the end is in sight. Carnival ride craftsman John Hinde has been rebuilding the old wooden roller coaster at the Puyallup Fairgrounds since April 2009, tearing out section after section and replacing the deteriorated wood with new pine planks and beams.
A Puyallup man pleaded guilty this morning to second-degree assault for punching a man in the face outside a bar last year, leaving the victim in a coma.
Puyallup police are asking for the public’s held in identifying a man wanted for stealing a Children’s Miracle Network donation bin.
A Puyallup woman has been indicted in U.S. District Court for allegedly using TurboTax and another electronic tax-filing program to file fraudulent returns with the IRS.
It was all about the yellow Friday night, as Kenna Erhardt of Rogers High School was crowned the 2013 Daffodil Festival Queen.
The last holdout from a regional emergency dispatch system under the newly created South Sound 911 – is now pursuing a partnership with that agency. The city is considering a range of options, including becoming a member and providing its dispatch center for the use of South Sound 911.
A woman who operates a private adult family home in Puyallup has agreed to pay a fine after being reprimanded for allowing animal feces and urine to coat the home’s floor, according to the state Department of Social and Health Services.
A 28-year-old woman has been charged with stealing credit cards, jewelry and cash from residents of a Puyallup retirement home last year.
A 28-year-old woman has been charged with stealing credit cards, jewelry and cash from residents of a Puyallup retirement home last year.
Greta Brackman grew up working with the homeless of Puyallup and other Northwest communities. Her parents made sure of it. "I was serving meals to the homeless when I was 9," she said. "I adopted my parents’ passion. I wanted to be a voice for justice."
Haley Nicholson will compete in the Miss Washington scholarship program this summer in Burien for a chance to represent the Evergreen State in the Miss America competition.
Puyallup residents' concern over a proposed halfway house in their city has prompted state lawmakers to try to restrict where released inmates can live on taxpayers’ dime.
The Puyallup School District will not rerun a bond measure this spring.
The elected board of Pierce County's second-largest school district met in a special session this morning and took no action, meaning there's no chance a bond package could return for the next available election on April 23.
Not every police pursuit ends with an underwear-only clad woman standing at the edge of a swamp, but this one did.
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