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If you were watching Facebook last evening, or perhaps got an emergency text on your phone, it had to be scary. But imagine police cars rolling up your county road, blaring on loudspeakers to load family and pets in your vehicle, and get the heck out!

An investigation shows failure to yield by one motorist led to a four-car collision that resulted in a school bus being hit.

A late-night visit to Time Out Pizza in Ephrata will lead to a very long time out for the burglar who tripped the alarm and was busted by a phone app!

Albert Lin ran for office in a special election and lost to the man who would become his boss. Things went downhill from there and enough witnesses confirmed his mistreatment to force the county to pay him a $140,000 settlement.

I've seen this done in movies, but I've never ever heard of a real person doing it!

A 60-year-old man was at an Ephrata tavern watching a performance with his wife when a fight broke out in the parking lot. He tried to intervene and found himself in a legal mess.

Last year Kelley Wentworth, Ephrata High School Class of 2004, was on "Survivor" with her father. They finished 14th and 13th respectively out of 18. Kelley will be back soon on a new season filmed in Cambodia.

A man in Moses Lake was charged with burglary and robbery after accompanying his sister to confront her ex-fiance last March. This week police agreed to drop the charges to disorderly conduct after realizing the problem arose from his sister paying all the boyfriend's bills.

A 28-year-old Ephrata man was upset the police were raiding his mom's drug den (huge amounts of meth and cash found in her bedroom) so he got back at them.