Seahawks coach's family news, murder sentencing among TNT’s top stories

From a Super Bowl-winning coach’s growing family to a former Tacoma investment giant changing hands, several stories shaped the news across Pierce County on Friday. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s making headlines.

• Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald and his wife Stephanie are expecting their second child, a baby girl due in December, the coach announced on The Dan Patrick Show at the American Century Championship golf tournament at Lake Tahoe. Macdonald told Patrick he tells his players and assistants, “If I’m making decisions after 9 p.m., we’re in trouble,” underscoring the work-life balance he’s built with his coaching staff by requiring them to be home by early evenings, even during game weeks.
• Kacy James Estes was sentenced Thursday to 70 years, four months in prison for shooting and killing 38-year-old Alejandro Lloret during a chaotic backyard gunfight in Tacoma on June 26, 2022. Estes killed Lloret just 13 days after his Department of Corrections monitoring ended and roughly 13 years after he fatally shot 29-year-old Crystal Rhoads in 2009, a pattern of recidivism Judge Alicia Marie Burton cited in imposing the lengthy sentence.
• About 6,000 bicyclists will travel from Seattle to Portland this Saturday and Sunday as part of the Cascade Bicycle Club’s annual ride, with traffic delays expected on state Route 7 in Pierce County on Saturday morning and state Route 507 in Thurston and Lewis counties later that day. The ride begins at 5 a.m. Saturday at the University of Washington’s E-18 lot and routes through Kent, Auburn and Puyallup, with a rest stop planned at Kalles Junior High School.
• Russell Investments, founded in Tacoma in 1936, announced Thursday that an investor consortium led by B Capital and including CalPERS has agreed to acquire the firm from TA Associates and Reverence Capital Partners in a deal reported at $2.8 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, and Russell will continue operating independently under CEO Zach Buchwald and president Kate El-Hillow following the close.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by senior editor Adam Lynn. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.