Parkland

After months of pushback from Parkland community members over the sale of the historic Parkland School building, the stakeholders have reached a decision to please all. In a letter to two Pierce County council members, Pacific Lutheran University President Alan Belton outlined the tentative agreement.

Pacific Lutheran University is planning to sell the old Parkland School building in Pierce County, but residents want to save the building for a community center.

Josh Powell left the group facing claims of sexual harassment and improper spending. In Inside the NRA, he calls for gun reforms — and confirms the harshest criticisms against the group.

Scot Peterson, if convicted, could get more than 96 years in prison. He is charged with criminal counts that include child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury.

Feb. 14, Valentine's Day, marks the one-year anniversary of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. And school safety is high on the legislative agenda in Washington state this year. There are bills for more police officers and mental health staff in schools, and to help schools better prepare for emergencies.

"Sheriff [Scott] Israel has repeatedly failed and has demonstrated a pattern of poor leadership," Gov. Ron DeSantis announced. Former Coral Springs Police Sgt. Gregory Tony will replace Israel.

At least 2,600 school walkouts were planned across the country, starting at 10 a.m. in each time zone.

Nikolas Cruz stands to receive $25,000 from his mother's life insurance policy — and possibly much more from her estate. He is seeking to plead guilty as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty.

Students from across the Northwest joined a nationwide walkout today on the one-month anniversary of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to bring attention to safety, gun violence and to remember the 17 people killed in Parkland, Florida.

Wednesday morning, March 14, students at schools across the country -- including Washington, Oregon and Idaho -- will walk out of their classrooms. The plan is for them to leave school — or at least gather in the hallway — for 17 minutes. That's one minute for each of the victims in last month's school shooting in Parkland, Fla. The walkout has galvanized teens nationwide and raised questions for schools about how to handle protests.