Monthly Archives: December 2010

A Honda Accord being driven by a 15-year-old girl and carrying a 2-year-old child collided with a semi truck at 12:45 a.m. Dec. 31 on I-5 in Tacoma. The semi was parked on the northbound shoulder of I-5 near 48th … Continue reading →

Tacoma Power is in the process of restoring power to thousands who lost electricity late Thursday afternoon. At its peak, the outage was affecting over 25,000 customers in south Tacoma, Puyallup, Eatonville, Graham, Spanaway and other unincorporated areas of Pierce … Continue reading →

Firefighters found the fire in the roof and extinguished it after tearing into the roof of the building. Cause of the fire is under investigation. Tacoma fire units have responded to a roof fire in the Fife business Park on … Continue reading →

A house was hit by bullets in a drive-by shooting on South Puget Sound Ave. early Tuesday morning, Tacoma police report. Neighbors heard shots fired about 3 a.m. and residents at 6636 S. Puget Sound Ave., said bullets hit their … Continue reading →

Tacoma police are investigating a stabbing Tuesday night of a man who was walking along the trail in Titlow Beach Park. Police said the man told then he was jumped about 11 p.m. by two men as he was walking … Continue reading →

A south Tacoma home was hit by nine bullets late Tuesday night in an apparent drive-by shooting that may have been a case of mistaken-identity. Liz and Cedric McArthur moved into the home this month so they’d have enough room … Continue reading →

Drivers will experience delays and restrictions at the intersection of South 35th Street and Union Avenue the vicinity over the next two or three weeks, according to a press release from the Tacoma Public Works Department. Union Avenue will remain … Continue reading →

A maid at a South Tacoma motel was grabbed by a guest Monday morning, dragged inside his room and then hit  with a pistol, Tacoma police report. She was able to dial an emergency number on the telephone in  the … Continue reading →

Pedestrians are not hood ornaments. That’s the message of a series of eye-catching signs being displayed on Pierce Transit buses and shelters and on the Link trolley as part of a safe-driving campaign. One version of the yellow-and-black caution-style signs … Continue reading →

The Not-Its, a popular 80’s and 90’s indie style “full-on rock band for kids” from Seattle which started in 2008 will perform in Tacoma this week at three local libraries. The band was formed for kids to get energized and to really rock out, … Continue reading →