According to Federal Way police: On June 17, Federal Way police officers responded to the Deseret Industries store at 2200 S. 320th St. for a report of an adult male subject who had inappropriately touched a 10-year-old female victim.
In a unanimous vote Tuesday, Federal Way City Council members agreed to open the discussion on term limits for council members and the mayor.
You put your recycling cart at the curb, Waste Management’s drivers empty it, and the contents seemingly disappear. Have you ever wondered what happens to all those bottles, cans and newspapers?
During the June 28 Federal Way Public School (FWPS) board meeting, a contingent of the Thomas Jefferson High School Raiders Parent Movement (RPM), took advantage of the public comment period to once again vent their frustration about the district’s accelerated academics policy and it’s effect on the International Baccalaureate (IB) classes at TJ.
“My life was pretty much unmanageable,” said Wilson, 53. “Physically, I was just a wreck. Mentally, I was having some very extreme thoughts going through my head.”
During the June 28 Federal Way Public School (FWPS) board meeting, a contingent of the Thomas Jefferson High School Raiders Parent Movement (RPM), took advantage of the public comment period to once again vent their frustration about the district’s accelerated academics policy and it’s effect on the International Baccalaureate (IB) classes at TJ.
Federal Way’s LaJohnna Greenwood received a VITA Wireless Samaritan Award during the 17th Annual Achievement Awards in Washington D.C., last month. The Wireless Foundation and CTIA-The Wireless Association recognized Greenwood’s actions in helping apprehend Benjamin Trinh, a man who allegedly abducted a girl from Olympic View Elementary earlier this year. Thanks to Greenwood’s subscription to Amber Alert text messages, Trinh is now in jail awaiting trial and the girl was safely returned to her family.
Following is a sample from the Federal Way police log:
Federal Way Public Schools will spend an additional $2 million out of the district’s savings fund in order to meet the statewide salary drawdown requirement that was part of the state budget released on May 24.
Federal Way is among at least 22 cities in King County with a ban on fireworks.
For residents of the Marine Hills neighborhood, the noise generated by flights arriving and departing Sea-Tac International Airport has become a fact of life, albeit an unwanted one.
The Totem Middle School Builders Club participated in the Penny Harvest drive.
At noon July 23, Boy Scouts and the general public will join Tacoma Rotary 8 in rededicating the lodge at Boy Scout Camp Kilworth in Federal Way that the Rotary Club of Tacoma built and dedicated on May 3, 1936.
Four new bikes were given to the top readers at Lake Grove Elementary School in Federal Way.
The Advancing Leadership Class of 2011 celebrated completion of its nine-month program with a graduation showcase on June 16 hosted by Grace Church in Federal Way.
Thanks to the generous support of more than 300 attendees and more than 148 area businesses and individuals, Multi-Service Center’s 10th annual Crab Feed and Auction recently raised a record amount of money for the agency — a total of $92,510.
Threatened: At 3:08 a.m. June 19 at a business in the 29000 block of Pacific Highway South, a store worker and two women who were visiting him reported that a Hispanic male entered the store and bought a lighter. Upon leaving the store, he threatened to come back and shoot the victims with a gun, according to a police report. The man left before police arrived.
Federal Way’s 2011 Relay for Life event, held June 24-25 at Saghalie Middle School, raised nearly $50,000 for the American Cancer Society.