Ephrata
Hantavirus killed Grant Co. woman, officials say
EPHRATA -- County health officials have confirmed that hantavirus killed a Grant County woman last month.The Wenatchee World said the woman in her 30s was hospitalized and died on March 28.
Date: 04/08/2012 | Northwest
Police: Teens wanted to drug, burn mother
EPHRATA -- Police say two teenage girls planned to kill their adoptive mother by first putting Ibuprofen and high blood pressure medicine into her tea, and then setting fire to her room when she was asleep.
Date: 02/16/2012 | Northwest
Driver killed in collision with train in Ephrata
EPHRATA -- The driver killed when his vehicle collided with a freight train at a gated crossing in Ephrata has been identified as an 81-year-old man.The Columbia Basin Herald said William Hertenstein of Grand Coulee was killed Tuesday morning.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Northwest
Ephrata dreads high-profile retrial
EPHRATA -- Nearly eight years have passed since police found the battered body of 13-year-old Craig Sorger in a central Washington park, the victim of a beating and stabbing so brutal the tip of a knife was left in his skull.
Date: 12/03/2011 | Northwest
Wash. appeals court orders new trial for boy tried as adult
YAKIMA -- The Washington state Court of Appeals ordered a new trial Thursday for a boy who was tried as an adult and convicted of murder in the death of a 13-year-old playmate in 2003.
Date: 09/29/2011 | Northwest
Grant County deputies splashed with muriatic acid
EPHRATA -- The Grant County sheriff's office says two deputies were splashed with muriatic acid as they were arresting a domestic violence suspect in Soap Lake.
Date: 08/05/2011 | Northwest




