Edgewood News

A group of three 60-year-old West Virginia Lutheran pastors and best friends are on a "mission from God." The trio will ride their bamboo bicycle built for three through Sumner Tuesday as part of a 65-city, 100-day, 13,000-mile tour to end world hunger.

A woman charged with stealing more than $72,000 from a Pierce County youth soccer club pleaded guilty Friday to 10 counts of first-degree theft.

GEORGE BOWDITCH Kites of all sizes, shapes and designs filled the skies over Swift Current during another colourful Windscape Kite Festival.

A suspected drunk driver crashed his car into a liquor store Tuesday morning, say Pierce County sheriff's deputies.

An intoxicated man crashed his car into a Washington state liquor store in Edgewood late Tuesday morning, a King County sheriff's department spokesman said.

A suspected drunk driver crashed his car into a liquor store Tuesday morning, say Pierce County sheriff's deputies.

Jimmy Nguyen danced his last dance before the students of Northwood Elementary School on Friday.

No doubt some of the more than 5,000 participants who turned out for the 37th annual Sound to Narrows road race in Tacoma on Saturday were focused on breaking records.

Community members can speak on the potential closure of Hilltop Elementary School in Edgewood at a hearing Wednesday.

KELSEY DEMARRE, HAILEY SCOTT AND KYLEE MILLER LEAVE HILLTOP ELEMENTARY, WHICH MAY BE CLOSED BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

Edgewood city officials moved into the new City Hall in February, but they're still waiting for the contractor to complete final touches on the already delayed project.

As worldwide attention has been focused on the recent outbreaks of swine flu, Tacoma residents are still faring well.

Living with suspected swine flu the past 10 days has been agonizing for Bob and Kym Lehde and their sons.

Suspected swine flu samples are tested at the Washington State Public Health Laboratories Thursday, April 30, 2009, in Shoreline, Wash.

Here's how selected Pierce County agencies plan to spend their portions of nearly $2.8 million in grant money over the next three years: For more about the program, see the story on Page A3.

Crimestoppers is offering a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrests of two men wanted in a string of takeover robberies at restaurants and auto parts stores in five Puget Sound area counties.

Law enforcement officers said Wednesday that they believe two men are responsible for 11 robberies in five counties over the past year, including one in Lakewood where a bullet grazed the face of a bar patron.

Puyallup school administrators are officially recommending shuttering tiny Hilltop Elementary School in Edgewood to help the district close a $15.7 million shortfall.

On April 18, residents of Fife, Milton and Edgewood will celebrate Parks Appreciation Day by cleaning up grounds, spreading mulch, trimming trees, and of course, planting more flowers and trees in neighborhood parks.

Last month, Pierce County and the city of Puyallup made steps toward a goal of alleviating traffic nightmares along State Route 161.