Benton County News

Telephonic Search Warrants, as you can imagine, are requested over the phone by a police officer.

The fire danger remains extreme Wednesday night and if you were driving on I-82 near Prosser you probably saw a lot of smoke around six o'clock. It was like a smoke tunnel driving through the thick gray smoke.

A Richland man faces at least 131/2 years in prison after admitting Tuesday that he sexually assaulted three boys.

A convicted sex offender was ordered to prison Tuesday because she didn't bring home enough money working in the fields to pay for her required weekly counseling.

Severe winds make it tough on firefighters to fight a fire that sparked this evening.

Nearly 40 acres of land is charred from a fire near Prosser. It started just after one o'clock on Monday, near North Case Road and Coats Road.

A Benton County judge said today that all witnesses should be prepared to testify next month for a teen charged in his mother's death.

A man is tased in Kennewick after assaulting his girlfriend. Benton County Emergency Services Dispatchers received a call from a woman hiding in a apartment bathroom on North Mckinley St.

In just a little over a week eight Kennewick police officers will be patrolling on bikes at Columbia Park, for the boat races.

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The aggravated murder trial of a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman to steal her baby has been delayed until March 30.

The Yakima Health District wants the community to be vigilant when it come to preventing mosquitoe breading grounds and also take steps to avoid mosquitoe bites.

The murder trial is postponed for a Kennewick woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting out her baby.

A Kennewick woman accused of slaying a pregnant woman to steal her baby was in court again Wednesday, but the hearing on a defense motion was delayed until today so she could talk to her Seattle attorney.

BENTON COUNTY, Wash- A number of the Tri-Cities Firefighters who went to help fight the Valley View Fire in Spokane arrived home Tuesday afternoon.

The family of a slain pregnant Pasco woman can now start making arrangements for the woman's burial in Mexico.

A West Richland man could face more charges in Benton County after the United States Secret Service searched two of his computers.

An incident that started as a routine drunken driving arrest has touched off a confrontation between the Benton County sheriff and one of the county's District Court judges.

In the days since he learned of his wife's murder and the alleged attempted kidnapping of their unborn son, Juan Campos-Gomez has cried for happier reasons too.

A burglar who broke into a Richland lumber store early this morning and reportedly threw a hatchet at an employee, was arrested after he was found hiding under a truck.