Tacoma News Tribune

Pierce County home sales remain up from a year ago as homebuyers continue to take advantage of the federal tax credit. Full Story »

The 16-year-old accused of shooting a man on a Pierce Transit bus earlier this year in Tacoma will be tried as an adult. Full Story »

Monster trucks are scheduled to roar through the Tacoma Dome next month, with two shows on the one-year anniversary of an accident that killed a 6-year-old boy in the arena stands. Full Story »

Pierce County officials on Thursday released some details about Tuesday’s memorial service for four slain Lakewood police officers, an event expected to attract thousands of fellow officers and first responders from across the country. Full Story »

President Barack Obama ’s plan to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan has proven divisive. The News Tribune contacted several retired generals with ties to the South Sound to ask their opinions. Full Story »

The mementos and tributes have grown exponentially in the past three days, as more mourners gather at Lakewood police headquarters and at the scene where four officers were gunned down Sunday. About 1,000 people gathered for a candlelight vigil Wednesday night in Lakewood. • TUESDAY'S MEMORIAL: Plan for procession to Tacoma Dome released • HEALING: A grieving city writes its own story • IN COURT ... Full Story »

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department further eased restrictions Wednesday on who should receive swine flu vaccinations. Starting today, all people identified in original federal guidelines as being at special risk from the H1N1 virus will be eligible to receive the vaccine in Pierce County. Full Story »

Maurice Clemmons threatened to kill more than just cops in the days before he fatally shot four Lakewood police officers at a Parkland coffee shop. Full Story »

An advisory committee has recommended the state increase the toll for drivers who cross the Tacoma Narrows Bridge without an electronic transponder to $5 a trip. Full Story »

A 20-year-old Tacoma man accidentally shot himself in the leg while in his car Wednesday, Tacoma police reported. Full Story »

Federal Way voters won’t get to choose their mayor until one year after they voted to create the position of a strong elected mayor. Full Story »

Federal Way Municipal Court Judge Michael Morgan will face accusations that he violated state campaign laws Jan. 28, after he leaves office. Full Story »

The man suspected of driving Maurice Clemmons away from the coffee shop where he killed four Lakewood police officers served time in an Arkansas prison after being convicted as an accomplice in a double murder there 19 years ago. Full Story »

Cop-killer Maurice Clemmons sank into a pool of debt to bail himself out of jail. Bail bonds posted in May, July and November totaled $420,000. To convince bail companies to represent him, Clemmons had to raise $42,000 in cash or equivalent collateral. Full Story »

A Pierce County judge today ordered three people suspected of helping Maurice Clemmons after the shooting of four Lakewood police officers held without charges so detectives can continuing investigating the case. Full Story »

Maurice Clemmons threatened to kill more than just cops in the days before he massacred four Lakewood police officers at a Parkland coffee shop. Full Story »

It looks like a mid-December opening for the new Little Holland, the burger stand famous for its creamy frozen custard and "Mikie's Famous Burgers" that went out of business this summer. Full Story »

Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist reports this morning that his office will ask that two women booked into the jail in connection with the shooting of four Lakewood police officers be held without charges for a maximum of 72 hours. Full Story »

Tacoma and Pierce County officers arrested two women Tuesday evening in connection with the Lakewood shooting. They are both charged with four counts of rendering criminal assistance. Full Story »

A 20-year-old Tacoma man accidentally shot himself in the leg while in his car Wednesday morning in Tacoma, Tacoma police reported. Full Story »

Brent Emery stood at the foot of the memorial to Lakewood’s four fallen police officers Tuesday. Full Story »

Eddie Lee Davis Full Story »

With bowed heads, closed eyes and flickering candles, dozens of people gathered in a bitter-cold parking lot to show unity and begin to heal from Sunday’s shootings. • CEREMONY: Public memorial to be held Dec. 8 at Tacoma Dome Full Story »

More than 20,000 law enforcement personnel are expected to honor the four slain Lakewood police officers at a memorial service next Tuesday at the Tacoma Dome. Full Story »

King County prosecutors say they won’t charge a woman who shot a man after a confrontation on a Metro bus in Seattle. Full Story »