In a 5-2 vote, the Pierce County Council approved a new .1% public safety sales tax at its meeting Tuesday evening.

The revenue from the new 0.1% sales tax will go toward funding public safety and justice system resources in Pierce County.

A doctor wanted for sex-related crimes in Colorado is accused of opening fire on law enforcement officers in Florida.

Search warrants describe how the scene appeared when investigators began piecing together what happened in a neighborhood ...

Alexsandr Shablykin, 32, fatally stabbed his 52-year-old mother and three of her neighbors, ages 59 to 81, Tuesday morning outside their homes near Gig Harbor.

A Jacksonville man reported missing earlier this month was found alive in a dramatic rescue Wednesday, buried shoulder-deep ...

More than six years after human remains were discovered near Lake Tapps, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office uncovered who the ...

Deputy Austin Rhodes of the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office is recovering well after being injured while directing traffic at a malfunctioning signal.

Petitions may be filed to shield oneself from domestic violence and other alleged offenses, but court orders are ...

A 55-year-old man is accused of fleeing after his elderly parents were discovered fatally shot in their Florida condominium ...

SEATTLE -- A man fatally stabbed four people Tuesday morning in Washington state as sheriff's deputies were on their way to hand him a protection order, authorities said. The suspect died after being ...

Police have arrested Philip Repaci, the son of an elderly couple found murdered in their Fort Pierce condo, after a dramatic pursuit involving a PIT maneuver.