KIRO Newsradio traffic reporter

Chris Sullivan

Chris Sullivan is a traffic reporter for KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM. He cares deeply about the amount of time you spend sitting in Seattle traffic. Email Chris at csullivan@kiroradio.com

Teenagers exacerbate Sammamish’s drunk driving problem

Sammamish has a drunk driving problem. It's not the 50 arrests a year in the city that's raising eyebrows. It's who's behind the wheel.
14 years ago

Accused killer of Renton grandparents out of hospital, waives extradition

The man suspected of strangling his grandparents in their Renton home the night he was freed from prison has been released from a Portland hospital and is now in jail.
14 years ago

Sanity hearing underway for man accused of Afghan mass murder

It's been more than two years since a Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier was accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians during a rampage in two small village, and for the first time, that soldier's mental health is being evaluated by the military.
14 years ago

Deputies to troll Snohomish County schools

Snohomish County will now have a team of deputies dedicated to patrolling the more than 100 schools in unincorporated areas of the county.
14 years ago

Disturbing trend of bodies piling up north of Blaine

Fourteen miles north of Blaine, the small town of Surrey, British Columbia, is dealing with a spike in homicides and one quiet stretch of road has become a popular spot to dump bodies.
14 years ago

Medical Examiner: Renton grandparents strangled to death

The King County Medical Examiner reports that the elderly couple murdered in their Renton home last weekend were strangled to death.
14 years ago

Bizarre Facebook request leads to wife’s dead body in Tacoma

It started with a call to a TV station, and was followed by a police chase. Now we know a Pierce County man is under arrest and his wife is dead.
14 years ago

State legislature looks to prevent mentally ill defendants from being released

Tightening-up Washington's mental health system is one of the ways the state legislature is working to cut down on violent crime. A series of bills on this issue is cruising through this session, including one that would make it less likely a mentally-ill and violent person could be released.
14 years ago

Standoff ends with double murder suspect in custody

The three day search for double-murder suspect Michael Chadd Boysen ended in a small hotel room on the Central Oregon Coast after a ten hour standoff with police.
14 years ago

Another Seattle man claims abuse by Catholic priest

A brother who taught at O'Dea High School in the 1970's has been named again in sex abuse lawsuit.
14 years ago

Shooting at SeaTac marijuana grow leaves one dead, one injured

King County detectives are investigating a double shooting in SeaTac Monday morning.
14 years ago

Sheriff worries suspected Renton murderer looking to kill cops

A manhunt is underway up and down the West Coast for a 26-year-old King County man who is suspected of killing his elderly grandparents, and police believe he looking to get guns and kill law enforcement officers.
14 years ago

Seattle high school coach sent players to find him dates

It wasn't the wind-sprints or excessive infield practice that got a Seattle high school softball kicked off the job. It was his making his players troll for dates.
14 years ago

Two Seattle police officers charged with DUI

Two Seattle police officers have been charged with misdemeanor drunk driving.
14 years ago

REI CEO Sally Jewell faces Senate confirmation hearing

President Obama's choice for Secretary of the Interior faced several hours of questioning Thursday morning before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
14 years ago

Sacramento accelerates arena deal timeline in continued effort to keep Kings

Sacramento's city manager says waiting until April 2 to get an arena plan before the city council is cutting it too close so he's moving up the timeline.
14 years ago

Tuba man killer to do serious time

One of the three men convicted of killing Seattle street musician Ed "Tuba Man" McMichael will be spending the next few years in federal prison.
14 years ago

Everett family burglarized during funeral

An Everett family who had been attending the funeral of a loved-one came home from the celebration Saturday night to find their home trashed and some very special items stolen.
14 years ago

Chinese national accused of killing 25-year-old posts $2M bail

King County prosecutors are worried that a 19 year old Chinese man accused of vehicular homicide will flee the country now that his $2 million bail has been posted.
14 years ago

GOP Chairman visits Seattle as Republicans look for fresh ideas

The Republican Party has been on a mission since another lopsided loss in the polls in November to try and figure-out how to reinvent itself and give itself a fighting chance in upcoming elections. The head of the Republican National Committee was in Seattle to get some ideas on Thursday.
14 years ago

Man suspected of posing as Seattle cop in robberies arrested

Police in Auburn have arrested a man accused of posing as a Seattle police officer and robbing people in local parks.
14 years ago

Imprisoned in SeaTac without charges, pressed for May Day information

Two Washington residents have been locked up in SeaTac for five months under just those circumstances as prosecutors try to squeeze them for information
14 years ago

The most hated man on the Little League field: The umpire

A lot of you are about to head out to your kids' first Little League games of the season, and as you sit in the stands hoping your son or daughter gets a hit or makes a great catch and dreams of college scholarships dance in your heads, you probably never think twice about the man in blue.
14 years ago

Boeing apologizes for 787 Dreamliner grounding in Japan

Boeing's CEO of Commercial Airplanes Ray Connor apologized in Japan today for the issues that have grounded the 787 fleet, and he said the company has a permanent solution.
14 years ago