Parkland News

Don't look for an uptick in good news at Pierce County food banks this Thanksgiving season, when need haunts the lives of those who line up for food.

The holiday season is gearing up. All over, lots of organizations have free Christmas events for kids of all ages.

A 25-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to killing his girlfriend's 1-year-old daughter last year in a Parkland apartment.

Two people were injured in a single-car accident Sunday around 11 p.m., when a 1989 Ford Thunderbird, driven by Joel T. McMichael, 43, Tacoma, was traveling south on state Route 101 exited on Second Ave., in Tumwater, and left the roadway, according to a press release issued by the State Patrol.

The U-Haul Company of Southern Washington is offering 30 days of free storage to residents whose homes may be affected by flooding in the Green River Zone.

ANTIQUE AUCTION EVERY TUESDAY @ 6:30 PM PREVIEW 10AM TILL AUCTION TIME. HAMILTON'S GALLERY 120 138TH ST S PARKLAND WA.

Pierce County building officials are hoping to make safe and legal the thousands of the decks, sheds, garages and even entire homes that have gone up without required permits in recent years.

Just about everyone who uses the public library, it seems, has racked up fines for overdue materials.

A 4-year-old girl was killed Friday when she rode her bicycle in front of an SUV pulling into the garage of a home on 115th Street East in Parkland.

A Pierce County sheriff's spokesman say a man pulling his SUV into his driveway in a Parkland neighborhood struck and fatally injured a 4-year-old girl.

Paul Thompson of Port Orchard talks with his 13-year-old grandson Jordan Thompson of Federal Way as they look at a 1935 Chrysler DeSoto Airflow on Saturday at the 32nd Annual LeMay Car Show and Auction at the LeMay Museum in Parkland.

Tacoma schools chief Art Jarvis said Wednesday he was "certainly honored and pleasantly surprised" after finding out earlier this month that his peers had chosen him the state's top school superintendent for 2008-09. Superintendents of Washington's 295 public school districts were invited to nominate someone for the honor, and 17 names were ...

Diego, a 2-year-old explosives detection dog, gets rewarded with ball play time after successfully sniffing out a training aid object placed by Pierce County Deputy Bill Hultman at the Parkland Transit Center, in Parkland, Wednesday August, 12, 2009.

Officials from South Sound's largest school districts reflected Friday on this year's preliminary WASL scores, as well as on how their schools fared in meeting "annual yearly progress" standards under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

KIDS IN AMERICA. A group of 13 Japanese students have been living in host homes in Tacoma during the past few weeks during orientation for their study abroad program.

Local rock band The Boinkers will headline a concert fundraiser at Franklin Pierce Stadium in Parkland on Aug.

Local rock band The Boinkers will headline a concert fundraiser at Franklin Pierce Stadium in Parkland on Aug.

Local rock band The Boinkers will headline a concert fundraiser at Franklin Pierce Stadium in Parkland on Aug.

Local rock band The Boinkers will headline a concert fundraiser at Franklin Pierce Stadium in Parkland on Aug.

Local rock band The Boinkers will headline a concert fundraiser at Franklin Pierce Stadium in Parkland on Aug.