Yakima County Coroner James Curtice took the oath along with new Yakima County Sheriff' Robert Udell, Newly elected County Commissioner Norm Childress and new Yakima County Clerk Tracey Slagle.
During a hearing that lasted more than an hour Friday, the prosecution presented its case talking about the violent circumstances surrounding 1st and 2nd degree rape charges.
YAKIMA (AP) — A Washington state man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing an Oregon man he mistakenly believed impregnated a 13-year-old girl.
The Yakima Herald reports that 21-year-old Yoset Dominguez-Serrano of Outlook, Washington, received the sentence Friday in Yakima County Superior Court...
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakima police say surveillance video shows a woman armed with an ax lunged at the man suspected of fatally shooting her before he pulled the trigger.
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that police on Tuesday filed court documents seeking a murder charge against the man, who is not in custody.
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A juvenile arrested in a gang-related shooting late last year, who's being tried as an adult, faces charges in Yakima County Superior Court.
16-year-old Daniel Perez is being held in the county jail on a charge of first-degree murder...
Yakima County Prosecutors have decided they will not file a motion to close hearings to the media in the Kevin Harper case...the man who authorities originally charged in the Goggin murder case. prosecutors had said the new evidence could hurt Kevin Harper's right to a fair trial...
A 20-year-old mother is being held in the Yakima County Jail today after police say she assaulted her 3 month old baby at a Yakima home last Thursday. Police Lt. Mike Merryman says Mishaela Lockbeam-Wheeler was arrested on Friday after she told police the baby fell off a couch and was injured...
Two people were charged in Yakima County Superior Court on Thursday in connection with the assault of 78 year old Yakima real estate agent Vernon Holbrook.
Holbrook remains in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle today...
AP-Two women inmates of the Wapato city jail are accused of starting a fire at the jail on last Saturday. The fire caused minimal damage but forced guards to evacuate 52 men and 10 women until the building was cleared of smoke.According to Yakima County Superior Court documents released at a hearing Monday, several women inmates say the mattress fire was started by a 23-year-old at the instigation
An 18-year-old man has been charged with first degree assault for shooting his 26-year-old uncle at a home in Harrah last Friday. David Fernandez made an appearance in Yakima County Superior Court on Monday. He is being held on a million dollars bail...