Parkland News

Officials in the Franklin Pierce School District failed to abide by federal regulations when they purchased nearly $180,000 in science supplies last year, according to a state auditor's report released Tuesday.

Harold LeMay and wife Nancy in a 1956 Chevrolet. When Harold died in 2000, his collection totaled about 3,000 vehicles and countless hub caps, gas pumps, wheels, road maps and tools.

Pierce County sheriff's investigators are searching for a man who punched a clerk in the face, then stole money from the register of a Parkland convenience store last month.

Pierce County students submitted 1,233 poems, short stories, drawings and photographs in the "Our Own Expressions" contest sponsored by the Pierce County Libraries.

Pierce County sheriff's deputies arrested a 27-year-old man suspected of leaving a threatening note outside a Parkland high school Friday, prompting a lockdown at the school.

Two-lane Canyon Road East cuts through the semi-pastoral Summit area, providing a link for homeowners surrounded by urban development between Parkland and Puyallup.

Just up the freeway from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a new piece of music is premiering Tuesday: a mammoth choral and symphonic meditation on the human results of war.

Three Pierce County corrections deputies are taking part in a 300-mile bicycle ride on the East Coast to honor fallen law enforcement officers.

The Yorkton Arts Council, "Stars For Saskatchewan" concert series presents The Saskatoon Children's Choir, Thurs,, May 10, Anne Portnuff Theatre, 8:00 p.m. Tickets available at The Yorkton arts Council 783-8722 or Welcome Home Floral & Gift Shop.

Pierce County prosecutors filed charges today against a 35-year-old man suspected in a series of recent sexual assaults in Parkland.

A 25-year-old man suspected of beating another man with a pool cue in late February pleaded not guilty to an assault charge Monday.

"Right now I can't sit up for very long periods of time because the pain radiates around my head," Hotis said in an interview on Washington's Most Wanted .