Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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PASCO – The man charged with fatally stabbing a school bus driver in front of students last Friday remains in the Franklin County Jail held on $1 million bail. Joshua Dian Davis, 34, of Richland, will be in court to enter a plea to a second-degree murder charge on Oct. 12. His first court appearance, via video, was Monday, Sept. 27, before Superior Court Judge Cameron Mitchell. According to police, Davis forced his way onto a Longfellow Elementary School bus and stabbed driver Richard L. Lenhart, 72, of Kennewick to death i...
PASCO — A local teenager was ticketed for driving too fast and causing a crash Monday, Sept. 27. Lincoln R. Smart, 17, of Pasco, was eastbound near Milepost 7 on Interstate 182 at 4:45 p.m. when he failed to slow for traffic, according to the Washington State Patrol. His 2012 Chevrolet Sonic struck a 2015 Hyundai Sonata driven by Valentina R. Stepanova, 56, of Pasco, the patrol said. Stepanova was taken to a Pasco hospital for treatment of her injuries, the patrol said. Both drivers were wearing a seatbelt; and neither d...
Talk about a bureaucrat with delusions of grandeur. On Sept. 3, Washington State University Extension Office Director Vicki A. McCracken took it upon herself to dictate that all 4-H volunteers now have to be “fully vaccinated” to continue in their position or face being “inactive.” She cited Gov. Jay Inslee’s edict that everyone connected to education – from preschool through the university system – must be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18. Apparently, neither McCracken nor...