The benches of King County Courthouse Room W-928 were full on April 13 as over 25 people, family and friends of slain 23-year-old Sweetheart Failautusi, came to watch her killer get sentenced for the 2011 White Center shooting death.
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Lincoln Park sex offender Starkenburg sentenced to more than 9 years
Fri, 04/13/12
Judge Sharon Armstrong agreed with the recommendations of the King County Prosecutor and and handed down a 116 month (9.6 years) sentence to Duane E. Starkenburg for attacking women joggers in Lincoln Park in 2010 and 2011.
Starkenburg,…MORE
SLIDESHOW: Automotive skill competition tests high school students at SSCC
Fri, 04/13/12
by David Rosen
South Seattle Community College hosted 60 high school students from around the state on Friday, April 13, 2012, as they demonstrated their knowledge and compete for top honors in the SkillsUSA Washington state championships…MORE
College bound scholarship sign-up drive in south Seattle and south King County aims for 100 percent of all eligible 8th graders by June 30
Fri, 04/13/12
press release: The Road Map Project, which is aimed at driving major improvements in education results in South Seattle and South King County, is releasing individual school district data collected by the Higher Education Coordinating Board on…MORE
West Seattle celebrates the opening of the Southwest Pool, Teen Life Center, Neighborhood Service Center
Fri, 04/13/12
press release: The community is invited to the Southwest Pool, Teen Life Center and Neighborhood Service Center dedication on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. at 2801 SW Thistle St.
This is an opportunity to come and…MORE
SLIDESHOW: West Seattle Trader Joe's opens Happi-lei!
Fri, 04/13/12
Trader Joe's grocery store at 4545 Fauntleroy Way opened with the official "Lei Cutting" at 8 am on Friday April 13 with a crowd of more the 50 people waiting in the chilly morning air to be among the first to enter.
Store captain Sean…MORE
Lou Tice memorial service is April 13, 10 am; Will be streamed live on internet
Thu, 04/12/12
The passing of Pacific Institute founder, Lou Tice came as a shock to many not only here in West Seattle but worldwide where his work had reached to include thousands of people in many nations. In preparation for the memorial service set for…MORE
White Center resident Benjamin Ray Munoz, 32, missing one year; Family, sheriffs ask for your help
Thu, 04/12/12
The family of Benjamin "Ben" Ray Munoz, 32, are asking for the public's help in locating him, and the King County Sheriff Department urges anyone with information about Munoz to contact them at the King County Sheriff’s Office at (206) 296-3311…MORE
Small crew with big love for their neighborhood attends Delridge Spring Cleaning
Thu, 04/12/12
Update for April 14 Delridge residents showed for the 2012 Spring Cleaning event on April 14 to pick up garbage along Delridge Way S.W. and plant flowers in select locations.
The event was organized by North Delridge Neighborhood Council…MORE
West Seattle apartment fire quickly extinguished by insurance salesman
Thu, 04/12/12
Insurance agents usually show up after the damage is done, but Verne Valentine of the Verne J. Valentine Farmer's Insurance Agency helped save the day as fire broke out on an apartment balcony above his business on April 12.
A full fire…MORE
