5 people killed in Pierce County car crash
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Five people were killed in a one-car crash early Sunday morning on SR 512 near South Hill Mall.

16-year-old arrested in New Orleans shooting of Tacoma bagel shop owner

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection to the shooting that killed a beloved Tacoma bagel shop owner while he was visiting New Orleans last week, according to FOX 8 WVUE-TV.

Pierce County deputies looking for missing woman

The Pierce County Sheriff's Department is looking for a woman who went missing from her adult family home on Jan. 5 and has not returned.

Dept. decision of Tacoma officers delayed
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The decision surrounding the jobs and potential disciplinary actions of the three officers acquitted in the death of Manny Ellis has been postponed.

35 pets, including puppies and sphynx cats, found in 'overcrowded' dwelling in Tacoma

The Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County (HSTPC) is now caring for 35 animals that were found in an “unsafe” and “overcrowded” dwelling in Tacoma. 

Detectives investigate deadly shooting involving officer in Tacoma, confrontation heard live on TikTok

Tacoma’s first shooting involving an officer in 2024 ended in the death of a 61-year-old woman. The Tacoma Police Department was called to 43rd and Bell Street on Tuesday morning for reports that the woman was intimidating her neighbor with a weapon.

5 puppies found abandoned in box have died, sole surviving puppy showing 'signs of recovery'

On Jan. 2, six puppies were found in a soaking wet box on the side of a highway in Pierce County. One of those puppies was found wrapped in a plastic bag and didn't make it, and its siblings were receiving critical care at the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County (HSTPC).  Unfortunately, four of those remaining puppies have died. 

Tacoma Police shoot armed woman
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Detectives are investigating a shooting involving an officer that happened in Tacoma Tuesday morning.

Winds gusts bringing down trees in Western Washington
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Heavy gusts of wind were felt all around the Puget Sound region on Tuesday. In Federal Way, a tree toppled onto a home, displacing residents.

Multiple pets die in two separate house fires in Pierce County

A cat, two dogs, and rabbits were among the multiple animals killed in two separate house fires in unincorporated Pierce County on Monday.

Former Army National Guard recruiter sentenced for sexual abuse of minor at JBLM

A former Army National Guard recruiter was sentenced to 10 years in prison for what a judge called "sadistic" and "indescribably cruel" crimes against a minor at Joint Base Lewis-McCord. 

WSDOT to shift southbound I-5 lanes left at the Fife curve Tuesday
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WSDOT crews will be shifting lanes to the left on I-5 at Fife, Washington on Tuesday. This is to make room for new work to build the outside halves of the new bridge for Hylebos Creek.

Crews monitor hot spots after Gault Middle School fire, detectives investigate videos circulating in community

Fire crews were still on the scene of a fire at the old Gault Middle School in Tacoma on Friday night, monitoring hot spots. The fire was reported early Wednesday morning and has destroyed the old building that has been shuttered since 2009.