Sumner News

During the month of October, local agencies are reminding the public that perpetrators of domestic violence will be held accountable for their actions.

The country's economic crisis is crushing Wall Street and is starting to make life tough on Main Street.

The Sumner Community Food Bank is seeing an increase in requests for food but a slight drop in donations as the economy continues to struggle and families rely more and more on area food banks.

Let's be honest: Most people come for the beer. After 7 p.m., Oktoberfest at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center becomes a 21-and-over event.

Standing in the pouring rain Friday, speaker after speaker talked about the importance of domestic violence awareness, the brutality of the crime and the need to work together to help victims.

Pet owners with aggressive animals, better beware, if they plan to move into Sumner, Washington.

Families of preschoolers in the Sumner area are invited to an early learning open house Oct.

Sumner dog owners might face police background checks before they could get a pet license under one idea circulating for the city's first dangerous dog ordinance.

Locals and returning visitors to Sumner may notice some changes downtown. It's not uncommon for stores to shift around when there's space available or someone leaves town.

Three businesses in the Sumner industrial area were evacuated Friday as more than 50 responders, including a hazardous-materials team, evaluated chemical odors that tricked their tools.

Last October, 5,532 people signed up to receive library cards from the Pierce County Library System during its first card drive.

Dick Richards stood on the gymnasium floor. Behind him hung poster-sized photos: one of an astronaut, one of a space shuttle.

Kenneth Mann from Sumner purchases a Kona bike from mechanic Steve Crawford at Bonney Lake Bicycle of Sumner.

A 22-year-old man bicycling to work was killed Thursday when he fell onto Eighth Street East and was hit by a dump truck, Sumner officials said.

A 22 year-old bicyclist was killed in a collision with a gravel-hauling dump truck in Sumner early Thursday morning.

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Pierce County prosecutors have filed charges against the man accused in the hit-run accident that killed a bicyclist in Puyallup.

Of course, on my day off, big news breaks: Prosser senior WR Kirby Moore has committed to joining his brother Kellen at Boise State.

Puyallup police have impounded the car believed to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash Monday night and were looking for its driver.

Police believe the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run Monday in Puyallup may be on the run.