KIRO Newsradio Editor

Jillian Raftery

Jillian Raftery fills in at the newsdesk at KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM as an editor.

Boy stranded in river after plunge over waterfall

A 13-year-old boy fell over a waterfall and was stranded for more than eight hours on a rock Saturday.
15 years ago

Crime down across state, power theft up in Seattle

The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs have announced in their annual report that overall crime in Washington went down in 2011. However, a warning from the Seattle Police Department shows that certain kinds of crime are increasing. Specifically, more and more people are stealing electricity, and it can be extremely dangerous.
15 years ago

23 arrested in major King County gang crackdown

The Reports from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs released this month show that crime rates have gone down across the board in our state. Even so, a new gang sweep task force wants to make King County even safer.
15 years ago

Spiral of Hope inspires families down on their luck

Tough times are even tougher these days. In Washington alone there are about 12,500 families and children that are homeless. The Spiral of Hope is designed to symbolize their upward rise out of homelessness.
15 years ago

Border bust: Drug mule ate 3 pounds of cocaine

Canadian authorities arrested a man who raised the suspicions of Border Security officers at the border's currency exchange on Friday. They saw his swollen stomach and thought he may have eaten drug filled balloons.
15 years ago