News Staff NEW STANTON, Penn. – A Moses Lake man accused of killing his wife last month will be returned to Washington. Charles Bergman remains held in a Pennsylvania county prison. He waived his right to further extradition hearings following a court appearance Tuesday. Under state law, Bergman will be transported back to Washington within 10 days. … Read more
WARDEN – Four people were taken to the hospital following a Tuesday afternoon chain reaction crash on state Route 17 west of Warden. Javier Sanchez-Zepeda, 27, of Othello, was driving a semi-truck on SR 17 when he reportedly collided with the back of a Suburu as the driver had slowed for traffic, pushing the Suburu … Read more
CONNELL – Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies say a potato truck was towed away after colliding with a combine near Connell Tuesday night. The combine turned off of Hendricks Road onto SR 17 at the SR 17/SR 260 interchange when it was hit by the semi hauling spuds. Deputies say the combine driver was at fault … Read more
QUINCY – A woman’s morning commute was literally ‘turned upside down” early Tuesday near Quincy. It happened just before 7 a.m., when Grant County Sheriff’s deputies say 44-year-old Rosa Ramirez of Quincy apparently became distracted on Road P near Martin Road and drove onto the back of a trailer towed by a tractor hauling bins, … Read more
A local cattle farmer whose greed got the best of him finally ‘faced the music’ on Tuesday when he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for scamming Tyson Foods and another company out of $244 million. 51-year-old Cody Easterday was sentenced after charging the fraud victims for approximately 265,000 head of cattle that did … Read more
The Moses Lake Police Department held its first BlueBridge Alliance fundraiser this weekend to help people in a crisis. On Saturday [Oct. 1] the Department hosted ‘Cops, Cars and Coffee’ in the Moses Lake Civic Center parking lot and raised about $500 towards MLPD’s BlueBridge Alliance Fund which provides assistance to community members in need … Read more
MOSES LAKE – Moses Lake’s newly-formed LGBTQIA+ advocacy group ‘Love+ in Moses Lake’ is coordinating a Women’s Wave march in the city’s Sinkiuse [soon kai use] Square this weekend. The group wrote on Facebook that the display of public support is a nationwide signal of solidarity to preserve women’s reproductive rights. The event will be … Read more
LEAVENWORTH – You’ll want to find an alternate route if you plan on traversing in and out of Leavenworth via the Tumwater Canyon on US 2 on Tuesday. According to WSDOT, crews will close Tumwater Canyon (mileposts 84-99) during morning rush hour [8 a.m.], and it will remain closed until 3 p.m. for pre-winter maintenance. … Read more
NEW STANTON, Penn. – An extradition hearing has been set in Pennsylvania for Moses Lake resident Charles Bergman, charged in the death of his wife Theresa Bergman. The 54 year old is being held without bail in a Penn. prison after U.S. Marshals took him into custody on Sept. 23. Bergman is set to appear … Read more
NEW STANTON, Penn. – An extradition hearing has been set in Pennsylvania for Moses Lake resident Charles Bergman, charged in the death of his wife Theresa Bergman. The 54 year old is being held without bail in a Penn. prison after U.S. Marshals took him into custody on Sept. 23. Bergman is set to appear … Read more