Crime
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ML police to appear on TV show
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office and Moses Lake Police Department will appear on the Investigation Discovery sh...
Prisoner in Quincy murders case may be released early
A man sentenced to 50 years in prison for murdering a Quincy couple in 1997 is on track to be released soon, after serving less than half his sentence, as the Department of Corrections Indeterminate Sentence Revi...
Traffic stop, arrest reveals likely meth lab
RITZVILLE — A traffic stop led Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies to discover what they termed a possible mobile meth manufacturing lab.
Othello man arrested in Texas for alleged stabbing
OTHELLO — An Othello man was arrested in Houston, Texas, Friday for allegedly stabbing a woman in April in Othello.
George man pleads not guilty to robbery
A George man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Grant County Superior Court to first-degree robbery.
Man found dead Wednesday identified; suspect in unrelated homicide arrested
Kristopher Vincent, 24, of Moses Lake was the man found dead Wednesday morning on Airway Drive and Cochran Road, according to a Thursday Grant County Sheriff...
16-year-old died from gunshot wound to chest
MOSES LAKE — Sixteen-year-old Gavin Hayes, of Quincy, was killed Monday afternoon from a gunshot wound to the chest at a home in the 300 block of South Gibby Road, according to Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison.
Ephrata man arrested in Tuesday drug bust
EPHRATA — Grant County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Ephrata police officers arrested an Ephrata man Tuesday morning for possession of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and illegal marijuana, according to a social...
Detectives seek help in homicide investigation
Detectives with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office are seeking information or video footage to help their investigation of a man whose body was found Wednesda...
Detectives investigate death of man found Wednesday as homicide
Detectives with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Wednesday morning at the side of Airway Drive, ne...
Coroner: Quincy boy died in Moses Lake shooting
A 16-year-old Moses Lake boy was killed and an 18-year-old Moses Lake man injured in a gang-related shooting at a home in the 300 block of South Gibby Road M...
One dead, another hurt in shooting; victims not named
One unidentified person was killed and a second was taken to Samaritan Hospital after a shooting late Monday afternoon at a home in the 300 block of South Gi...
Two men turn selves in after drive-bys
MATTAWA — Two of three men — wanted by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office in two drive-by shootings and a car theft Thursday morning in Mattawa and Grant Coun...
LDS church company to bid on Easterday properties
SPOKANE — A Salt Lake City-based real estate company associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is preparing to bid nearly $200 million ...
Three men, ‘armed and dangerous,’ sought in connection to two drive-bys Thursday
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is looking for three men in connection to two drive-by shootings in Mattawa Thursday morning. All three are armed and consi...