Lakewood News

Clover Park High School band director Dennis Dearth has been named the 2009-10 Mountain Region Music Educator of the Year.

It took a chase and a Taser, but Puyallup police arrested a suspected bank robber Friday, possibly ending a string of six heists dating back to September.

Lakewood officials are absolutely right to challenge the state's proposed Point Defiance bypass project that would send Amtrak passenger trains hurtling through the city at 79 mph.

A Lakewood teenager was killed Sunday night when his car crashed on Military Road South in Pierce County, officials said Monday.

Reporting from Lakewood, Wash. - For an Army weary from war, they offer tea and sympathy -- along with double tall lattes, caramel macchiatos and leads on civilian jobs.

Puyallup police were searching for a man who robbed a bank branch Thursday near the South Hill Mall.

Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com : Crohn's Disease This study seeks people who have taken medication for Crohn's disease without adequate relief of symptoms.

In a Veterans Day ceremony that gave a glimpse of a Fort Lewis unit rarely seen publicly, hundreds of soldiers from 1st Special Forces Group gathered Wednesday to honor their two most recent fallen comrades.

Lakewood leaders pressed state Department of Transportation officials Monday night over plans to introduce high-speed rail through the city, arguing the state is underestimating the potential impact.

Lakewood leaders pressed state Department of Transportation officials Monday night over plans to introduce high-speed rail through the city, arguing the state is underestimating the potential impact.

Support our veterans with the 5k run/walk. I've already wrote about Army Strong Fitness Challenge that took place this summer at Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood.

DuPONT Patricia Graves, 48, has been named area executive for First Citizens Bank, charged with overseeing its commercial, business, retail banking and other operations in the state.

Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing at least two banks in Lakewood and possibly two more in the Pierce County area.

A 20-year-old man alleged to have a history of impersonating police officers and claiming to be a soldier was arrested Monday after he roamed hallways and visited classrooms at Drum Intermediate School in University Place.

Tacoma police say two men posing as plain clothes police officers have struck again, this time raping a Wendy's employee.

Two men who have posed as police to rob Pierce County fast-food restaurant managers apparently struck again over the weekend and may be ramping up their violence, authorities reported Monday.

Crooks who have masqueraded as police officers and kidnapped and robbed fast-food restaurant managers in the past month struck again Sunday, but this time, police say they've elevated their crimes to rape.

Photo showing United Nations gang leader Clay Roueche being taken into custody in Texas on May 17, 2008.

John Bailey was on his way out of the Lakewood post office on Friday when he learned that Karen and Sharon Lawson were retiring.

LAKEWOOD, Wash. Police acting on a tip arrested two people they say were involved in an Oregon City home invasion robbery on Wednesday.