Sunnyside News

Investigators say a 14-year-old Sunnyside girl was killed after saying she would report that she had been raped.

Debbie Mendoza leaned over to pet the dog she just ruled dangerous. Mendoza, the judge at Zillah Municipal Court, smiled and let Raja, a female pit bull, lick her hand.

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. - Four bullets struck a house that had three children inside during a weekend shooting, police.

A 22-year-old man was arrested in the Yakima Valley on Tuesday in connection with the death of 14-year-old Sunnyside girl more than a year ago, authorities said.

Powered by junior Brittany Blackketter's 350 two-game series, the Kennewick Lions blanked the Sunnyside High School girls bowling team yesterday, 4-0. Tuesday's loss at Sunnyside's Valley Lanes dropped the Lady Grizzly keglers to 1-2 on the season.

SUNNYSIDE, Yakima County - Firefighters told one man with a water tank he couldn't proceed to his restaurant to protect it from approaching flames.

Yakima County sheriff's detectives arrested a suspect in the killing more than a year ago of a 14-year-old Sunnyside girl.

A half-dozen state lawmakers attended a meeting at Sunnyside where about 100 people discussed the response to the Dry Creek wildfire last August that burned 77 square miles.

More than a half of a million dollars are heading to the Yakima valley. Now various departments can already look at ideas to keep kids out of crime.

There was an arrest this week in the murder of a 14 year old Sunnyside girl. Francisca Hernandez-Ramirez disappeared last October.

YAKIMA, Wash. - A Sunnyside man will spend several years in prison for the attempted armed robbery of a Sunnyside convenience store.

Firefighters told one man with a water tank he couldn't proceed to his restaurant to protect it from approaching flames.

Yakima has expanded the use of electronic home monitoring and tickets instead of arrests for nonviolent offenses, but the city jail is $800,000 over budget and out of room.

Guadalupe Valencia looks for clothing at the clothing bank at the the Selah Civic Center Nov.

A family from Sunnyside has filed a lawsuit against a team of doctors at Yakima Regional Medical Center.

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. The Sunnyside Police Department says calls for auto theft from January 1- November 1 this year have decreased 49% compared to the same time in 2008.

No lead changes, but two of Yakima County's tightest election races remain just as close after Friday's latest ballot tally.

Could firefighters have done more to prevent this summer's Dry Creek fire from burning down a rural landmark, power line poles and a highway bridge? Fifteenth District lawmakers want to know.

After more than a week of counting, 2 of Yakima County's election races are still undecided.

A Prosser man accused of being intoxicated when he drove the wrong way on Interstate 82 and killed another motorist posted $100,000 bail Thursday and was released from the Benton County jail.