Roosevelt News

Police said a Roosevelt High School student was kidnapped and assaulted by several violent gang members late last month, and the department Gang Unit is investigating the incident, in which the members fired a silenced handgun at the student.

It wasn't there one day, and by the end of the next, there it was. It may look like a big rectangle of steel, and it is.

Some of the many cans of spray paint used to create the mural. KEN LAMBERT / The Seattle Times Artist John Osgood, one of the artists leading the mural project, says it symbolizes "everything uniquely Greenwood." Support Greenwood Donations can be made to the Greenwood Fire Relief Fund at any Chase Bank location.

It is easier and quicker to buy someone a gift card at a bookstore than shopping for a book.

Artists from Seattle Mural Art, an affiliate of Greenwooda s Bherd Studios, are creating an 89-foot by 8-foot mural to commemorate the businesses damaged and destroyed by the string of arsons this past summer and fall.

Our tribute to the holiday services provided by Seattle's Best Dive Bars continues with the 5 Point Cafe .

"Vera, if a nightcap at Von's doesn't lead to a roll in the hay, I don't know what will." The Dinner: Sloppy Joe sliders, a Caesar Salad, and Maker's Manhattans at Von's in the Roosevelt Hotel .

December 5th is here again and that means that it is time to raise a glass to the Repeal of Prohibition in the United States .

It's time for an update on all the events and people raising money for the Greenwood Fire Relief Fund, to help victims of the months-long arson spree.

James Washington Jr. working on his bust of MLK. What do you say we focus on another black man in Seattle for a while? Last week, just before Thanksgiving, I met Tim Detweiler at Woodside/Braseth Gallery to walk through The Spirit in the Stone: A Centennial Celebration & Exhibition Honoring James W. Washington, Jr.

Bob Fowler's formidable construction career includes work in Alaska, Washington and projects like the Troutdale RV park by the Sandy River.

Last night, the Neighborhood Plan Advisory Committee voted to recommend to City Council that the Ballard and Capitol Hill neighborhood plans be updated next year.

On Saturday December 5th from 12-6pm Amy Bengtson Jewelry will be having her Holiday Studio Sale .

During the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt frequently entertained his friend and fellow New Yorker Fiorello La Guardia, the mayor of New York City, at the White House.

Before the 1999 WTO conference begins, Seattle police Lt. Daniel Whelan exchanges words with a protester in front of the Washington State Convention Center.

After you've enjoyed a moist, crispy, deep-fried bird, what do you do with the leftover three to five gallons of oil? For starters, don't pour it down the drain.

The Big Burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America By Timothy Egan During my 1970s college days I spent a summer working for the United States Forest Service on the Plumas National Forest in Northern California.

The Seattle School Board is voting on the new school boundaries at their meeting this afternoon.

From underage drinking to stolen bicycles, this weekly crime blotter aims to inform readers about offenses on and surrounding campus.

An old episode of Frasier , the television comedy set in Seattle, focuses on an impending strike at the fictional radio station where Frasier works as an on-air psychiatrist.