Lakewood News

Pierce County's approach to handling 911 calls is anachronistic and inefficient, a recent performance audit found.

The body of Lt. Brian Bradshaw of Steilacoom, who died June 18 in Kheyl, Afghanistan, will come home today to Fort Lewis.

Question: Marvin Stewart of Yelm, a former Lakewood resident, wants to know the status of widening 176th Street from Pacific Avenue to Canyon Road.

Lakewood's misdemeanor inmates are now traveling 11 miles south from their Tacoma prison cells to appear before a judge.

Sound Transit plans a new commuter rail line linking South Tacoma and Lakewood. But some see the planned line as a dividing line further carving up the Tacoma Dome district.

Lakewood Police are seeking information after a man was found with a large cut on his head at an apartment complex on Lincoln Ave.

Jannette Saxton is a woman of action. It's easy to see as she navigates the crowded hallway in Fort Lewis' Waller Hall, quickly guiding her wheelchair between knots of soldiers and civilian workers going about their daily business.

A warrant has been issued for a 37-year-old man suspected of kidnapping and assaulting a 79-year-old man last week.

A man who told police he is part of a group of people who smash their cars into other vehicles said he has been in alcohol treatment at the American Lake veterans hospital in Lakewood for the past three years, court papers state.

Designs created by five student artists were selected as finalists from a field of 110 entries as the Pierce County Library System proceeds with a new library card for its 17 branches.

A Pierce County judge on Friday sentenced a man who inadvertently shot his best friend in the head during an altercation outside a Lakewood tavern to more than 54 years in prison.

One of the people accused of taking an active role in planning the killing and robbery of an armored car guard in Lakewood last week belonged to a Chicago street gang before moving to the Tacoma area, according to court records obtained by The News Tribune.

Military parents deployed overseas will be able to watch commencement ceremonies for Clover Park and Lakes high schools live via the Internet on Monday.

Lakewood police were looking for a man who assaulted a 79-year-old man Friday afternoon at the Gloria Motel on South Tacoma Way.

Deborah Bishop's life changed forever when two armed men walked into the Lakewood Walmart store in early June and murdered her fiance.

A veteran Lakewood firefighter was arrested Friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman after Thursday's "Guns and Hoses" charity boxing match.

A Lakes High School teacher and swim coach pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of sexual misconduct with a student.

The Washington State Department of Corrections helped Lakewood Police track down the man accused of shooting and killing armored car guard Kurt Husted at the Lakewood Wal-Mart last week.

JUN 11 -- DEA Special Agent in Charge Arnold R. Moorin and the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, Jeffrey Sullivan, announced that Gary M. Jones, 21, of Lakewood, Washington, pleaded guilty on June 4, 2009 in U.S District Court to robbing a Walgreen's Pharmacy in Lakewood, Washington.

One of the people believed to have taken an active role in planning the murder and robbery of an armored car guard in Lakewood last week belonged to a Chicago street gang before moving to the Tacoma area, according to court records obtained by The News Tribune.