Kari Plog

Four Tacoma police officers each had their own journeys to 96th and Ainsworth. And so did the department they worked for.

A critical decision changes Manny’s case, and a new story of his death emerges.

A community grapples with the fallout from Manny’s case — and the movement that surrounds it.

A jury acquitted Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer on false-reporting charges related to his confrontation last year with a Black newspaper carrier. KNKX South Sound reporter Kari Plog joins KNKX All Things Considered host Emil Moffatt to explain what the verdict means and why this case drew so much attention.

Right now, Washington’s attorney general does not have the power to launch investigations into police or sheriff’s departments. That primarily rests with the federal Department of Justice. That could change with a bill under consideration in Olympia.

A Pierce County judge has issued an arrest warrant for a Tacoma woman who has repeatedly refused to seek treatment for tuberculosis. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department says she could be detained at any point starting Friday, a move necessary to protect the community.

The Washington State Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would create a loan repayment program for forensic pathologists, the only doctors who can perform an autopsy. It also greenlights a study for longer-term solutions to the critical shortage.

When the state attorney general charged three Tacoma police officers with felonies for killing Manuel Ellis, it triggered an internal affairs investigation into the officers’ conduct. Nearly two years later, the city’s police chief has confirmed that the investigation is on hold until the criminal trial takes place later this year.

Since joining Tacoma’s police department last year, Chief Avery Moore has hired more officers and launched a plan to address violent crime. But concerns from the public remain. KNKX’s Kari Plog spoke with Moore about his first year on the job.

A talented artist, Chandler O’Leary could have taken her talents anywhere. Tacoma was her chosen home, and her work is part of the fabric of the city. O’Leary died unexpectedly last month at the age of 41.