A Tacoma woman is suing Lyft, alleging a driver sexually assaulted her after trapping her inside his vehicle during a ride. In her lawsuit filed in Seattle federal court in January, the woman – identified in court documents as V.G. – alleges the assault occurred on July 26, 2023, after she ordered a Lyft ride…
A Snohomish woman claims she suffered a severe E. coli infection — and later a brain hemorrhage — after eating organic carrots linked to a multistate outbreak. In her lawsuit filed in Seattle federal court in January, Jacqueline Galloway alleges that California-based Grimmway Farms sold contaminated organic whole and baby carrots that made her seriously…
A Seattle man is suing the United States government for $10 million, alleging a federally funded clinic doctor pricked himself with a needle and then used it to inject him, triggering an HIV scare, emergency medication treatment, fainting episodes, and a heart attack. A lawsuit filed in Seattle federal court last month claims a routine…
A Tacoma family is mourning after a 19-year-old University of Michigan student was found dead following a nearly 20-hour search in extreme winter conditions. Lucas Mattson was discovered Saturday afternoon, Jan. 24, in a residential neighborhood near the college campus, according to the Ann Arbor Police Department. The Juneau, Alaska, resident and sophomore engineering student…
An Everett mother is at her daughter’s bedside after the 13-year-old was hospitalized in critical condition following a suicide attempt. The teen, identified in a GoFundMe campaign as Maya, was hospitalized late last week after her mother, Sarah Torell, found her and began CPR before rushing her from hospital to hospital in a desperate effort…
A familiar face to Elwha shoppers is recovering after suffering a second heart attack, leaving his family uncertain about his health and finances. Elmer Charles, a longtime employee at Lower Elwha Food and Fuel on Dry Creek Road, was hospitalized this month following cardiac issues, his brother George wrote on a GoFundMe campaign. He was…
A man died after being shot in Tacoma, and detectives are now investigating the case as a homicide. Officers responded around 4:50 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, to the 1100 block of South I Street after receiving reports of gunfire, according to Tacoma Police. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from apparent gunshot…
A Port Angeles man will spend more than 11 years in prison after a jury found he tried to kill another man during a confrontation that ended with a gunshot fired at a parked car. Brian Lester, 39, was sentenced Tuesday, Jan. 20, to 138 months in prison following a jury trial in Clallam County…
Three adults were found dead with apparent gunshot wounds inside an Olympia residence after neighbors reported an argument followed by gunfire. Officers from the Olympia Police Department responded to a home in the 2300 block of 19th Court NW around 10:40 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, after receiving reports of arguing and the sound of gunshots,…
A former Port Townsend woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a violent domestic assault in which prosecutors say she repeatedly struck her husband with a hatchet, leaving him with life-altering injuries. Anna Young was sentenced Friday, Jan. 30, in Jefferson County Superior Court to 120 months in prison—including a deadly weapon enhancement—after…
