Tacoma council won't kill funding for events amid budget shortfall

7 February 2012, 7:15 pm

Mired in a fiscal swamp of their own making, Tacoma City Council members recoiled Tuesday from the prospect of cutting all city funding for local events such as the Daffodil Festival, Ethnic Fest and neighborhood farmers markets.... Read More »

Father killed Susan Powell's sons with hatchet before fire: Police

7 February 2012, 11:54 am

While Judy and Chuck Cox were readying their grandchildren for a court-ordered visit with their father on Sunday - a visit that both boys were uncharacteristically fighting - authorities say their father was busy laying a death trap.... Read More »

Police log for Feb. 7, 2012

7 February 2012, 12:44 am

Lorain police Friday. Feb. 3 5 p.m. — Lorain County Jail, 9896 Murray Ridge Road, Elyria, woman being taken to jail on assault charges and a warrant for domestic violence said a doctor at the Nord Center sexually assaulted her. Saturday, Feb. 4 8:19 a.m. — 4400 block Tacoma Ave., Cecil C. Cobb J... Read More »

Police: Powell used accelerants in fire to kill self, his two sons

6 February 2012, 9:48 am

Police: Powell used accelerants in fire to kill self, his two sons By Sheena mCFarland The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 6, 2012 10:14AM MDT Washington state authorities continued Monday to investigate the scene of a Sunday house fire in Graham that killed Josh Powell and his two young sons. Inves... Read More »

"Intentional" explosion kills husband, two sons of missing woman

6 February 2012, 4:15 am

(Reuters) - An "intentional" house explosion on Sunday near Tacoma, Washington killed the husband and two sons of a Utah woman missing since December 2009, fire department officials said. The explosion happened shortly after a Child Protective Services worker dropped off the two children of Josh Pow... Read More »

'Intentional' blast kills husband, sons of missing woman

5 February 2012, 6:00 pm

An "intentional" house explosion on Sunday near Tacoma, Washington killed the husband and two sons of a Utah woman missing since December 2009, fire department officials said.... Read More »

House explosion kills husband, two sons of missing woman

5 February 2012, 3:38 pm

(Reuters) - An "intentional" house explosion on Sunday near Tacoma, Washington killed the husband and two sons of a Utah woman missing since December 2009, fire department officials said. The explosion happened shortly after a Child Protective Services worker dropped off the two children of Joshua P... Read More »

Blast kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 boys

5 February 2012, 3:00 pm

Washington police say Josh Powell and his two young sons have been killed in an explosion at the Powells' Graham, Wash., home. Officials are calling the deaths a murder-suicide.... Read More »

Prison officer surrenders after chase in Tacoma

30 January 2012, 9:22 pm

A state correctional officer was arrested Monday after a domestic dispute that led to the lockdowns of two schools and a prison, as well as prompting a chase and a police standoff in a West End neighborhood in Tacoma.... Read More »

No cold-case cash in 2012 for Tacoma Police

16 January 2012, 7:01 am

The third time wasn’t a charm for the Tacoma Police Department. The department and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department teamed up last year to apply for a $500,000 federal grant to create a joint, cold-case unit to investigate homicides and suspicious missing person cases that have lost steam ... Read More »