Lakewood News

DuPONT Patricia Graves, 48, has been named area executive for First Citizens Bank, charged with overseeing its commercial, business, retail banking and other operations in the state.

Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing at least two banks in Lakewood and possibly two more in the Pierce County area.

A 20-year-old man alleged to have a history of impersonating police officers and claiming to be a soldier was arrested Monday after he roamed hallways and visited classrooms at Drum Intermediate School in University Place.

Tacoma police say two men posing as plain clothes police officers have struck again, this time raping a Wendy's employee.

Two men who have posed as police to rob Pierce County fast-food restaurant managers apparently struck again over the weekend and may be ramping up their violence, authorities reported Monday.

Crooks who have masqueraded as police officers and kidnapped and robbed fast-food restaurant managers in the past month struck again Sunday, but this time, police say they've elevated their crimes to rape.

Photo showing United Nations gang leader Clay Roueche being taken into custody in Texas on May 17, 2008.

John Bailey was on his way out of the Lakewood post office on Friday when he learned that Karen and Sharon Lawson were retiring.

LAKEWOOD, Wash. Police acting on a tip arrested two people they say were involved in an Oregon City home invasion robbery on Wednesday.

Some black market operators deal in stolen electronics. Others in guns. Kluok Chan's product of choice was the geoduck, according to a Pierce County Superior Court case announced last week by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The only contested race for the Clover Park School Board pits incumbent J. Paul Wagemann against challenger Juanita Daniels.

This election year will mark the biggest change on the Lakewood City Council in its 13-year-history. Three of its members aren't running for re-election. The six candidates vying for those open seats offer a mix of backgrounds and public experience.

Sound Transit graphic designers released an updated drawing today of the planned Pacific Avenue commuter train bridge in downtown Tacoma.

Pierce County prosecutors have charged three people with illegally buying geoducks without a license after an investigation by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Lakewood voters are particularly fortunate this election cycle for two reasons. First, they have the opportunity to inject fresh blood into their City Council without having to oust a seasoned incumbent to do it.

A pair of engines crosses Berkeley Avenue SW in the Tillicum neighborhood of Lakewood.

The state recently fined a Tukwila security firm $50,000 for using unlicensed guards at locations that included three Puget Sound hospitals.

Two young people working as itinerant magazine salesmen were beaten with baseball bats and golf clubs on Monday night when they told their bosses they wanted to quit, the police in Lakewood Wash., said, reviving questions about the magazine sales industry's practices.

Lakewood police have arrested six men suspected of assaulting two co-workers who were trying to break away from a magazine subscription-selling operation Monday night.

A utility crew was putting in new water lines to two homes along Phillips Road SW in Lakewood Monday afternoon.