Site Logo
Courtesy image

News

Robbery suspect gives up on potential victim | Renton police blotter

Officers responded to the victim’s address in the 8400 block of South 134th Street and contacted the victim,…

(Courtesy of the Washington State Patrol.)

News

Renton man, 34, dies in motorcycle crash in Auburn

A 34-year-old Renton man died in a two-vehicle traffic collision on Sept. 20 on State Route 164.

Courtesy image

News

Robbery suspects prowl vehicles in casino lot | Renton police blotter

From the Renton police log.

File photo

News

Renton police warn of staged-collision carjackings

Renton police say they have seen an increase in staged vehicle collisions in the region with the aim…

News

Man stabbed in tent in Renton

Officers arrived and located the victim in the hallway of an apartment complex.

(Courtesy of the Washington State Patrol.)

News

Wrong-way crash on I-405 kills Renton woman and Bellevue man

A 48-year-old Renton woman and 32-year-old Bellevue man died Sept. 16 in a two-vehicle traffic collision on Interstate…

Adrienne Marcel Farrow, a 47-year-old Renton resident, continued driving, fleeing the scene of the collision that killed 59-year-old Renton resident Krista Brown. (Courtesy of Renton Public Records.)

News

Renton woman sentenced for 2021 hit-and-run death

At around 7 p.m. Dec. 20, 2021, 59-year-old Renton resident Krista Brown exited her Metro bus in Renton…

File photo

News

Patient assaulted in hospital room | Renton police blotter

Renton police dispatched at approximately 4:17 a.m. Aug. 27 to Valley Medical Center after receiving a report of…

News

Renton woman charged with kidnapping pleads not guilty

Prosecutors formally filed charge of kidnapping in the second degree

Battalion Chief Ryan Simonds, Battalion Chief Jim Ochs, and firefighter and engineer Jeremy Tucker (left to right). (Courtesy of the Renton Regional Fire Authority.)

News

Renton firefighters assist with search and rescue in Maui

Three days after wildfires swept the island of Maui in Hawaii, Washington State Task Force 1 arrived outside…

News

Man shot in the chest in Renton

Police currently have limited information on shooting

Courtesy of National Transportation Safety Board documents
Crews pulled the wreckage of the plane crash from the seafloor five days after the accident on Sept. 9, 2022.

Business

Renton company named in lawsuit over fatal plane crash

The pilot and all nine passengers on the scheduled flight from San Juan Island to Renton died as…

File photo

News

Man caught masturbating at Highlands Community Center | Renton police blotter

Gunpoint robbery

Renton police discovered Yimy O Ponce-Chirinos, 26, deceased in downtown Renton on July 14 after responding to reports of a shooting in the area of South 4th Street and Morris Avenue South. (Courtesy of the Renton Police Department.)

News

Renton police identify homicide victim who was found downtown

According to the department, detectives believed Yimy to have been “fairly new” to the area and homeless.

Renton Police Department.

News

Girlfriend stabs man with scissors | Renton police blotter

The man showed officers a second stab wound near his groin area.

A mudslide resulted in road blockages on Aug. 29 in Renton. (Courtesy of the Renton Police Department.)

News

Mudslide results in road blockages in Renton

A mudslide at the Houser Way Bypass and Sunset Boulevard North on Aug. 29 resulted in temporary road…

Photo by Benjamin Leung/Renton Reporter
The Econo Lodge at 4710 Lake Washington Blvd. NE in Kennydale.

News

Econo Lodge in Kennydale seen as potential homeless shelter

Recent developments have raised questions about the City of Burien’s intent with the Econo Lodge, a hotel in…

Scene from the Aug. 25 fire. (Photo courtesy of Renton Regional Fire)

News

1 dead in Renton house fire

A residential fire in Renton on Aug. 25 killed one person and hospitalized a second person.

WSDOT highway camera photograph of crews battling the brush fire. (Courtesy of the Renton Fire’s social media)

News

Renton firefighters extinguish brush blaze on I-405

The fire resulted in temporary closures to the on-ramp.

File photo

News

Fraud at gunpoint | Renton police blotter

Fraud at gunpoint