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| Year | Stories |
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| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 4 |
| 1916 | 9 |
| 1917 | 1 |
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- The Midnight Ambush at Benton City
Two alert clerks scare off burglars at a local store, but their midnight pursuit ends in a stumble and a flurry of gunfire.
- Vigilant Operator Foils Train Robbery
A night operator at the Northern Pacific depot stops three armed train robbers in their tracks after a daring heist on a moving freight train.
- The Kiona Store Heist
Local merchants report a break-in at the Kelso-Hughes shop, where thieves made off with merchandise under the cover of darkness.
- The Fire Station Vigilante
When a man was beaten and robbed behind a local bar, a civilian known as 'Red' grabbed the police chief's spare revolver and hunted the suspect down.
- Hotel Owners Sue for False Arrest
Two Aberdeen hoteliers demand $30,000 after being handcuffed in public for a bank robbery they did not commit.
- Fatal Ambush on the Northern Pacific
A railroader and a brakeman are gunned down in a mid-transit robbery that leaves investigators baffled.
- Sunday School Collection Stolen
While the Jacot family was at church, intruders broke into their home and made off with junior league funds and children's savings.
- A Daring Jailbreak in Prosser
A robbery suspect awaiting trial in Kennewick makes a brazen roof-top escape from the Prosser jail while ostensibly doing his laundry.
- The Midnight Key
The Columbia Pharmacy was robbed by someone who possessed a duplicate key, leading to a police investigation.
- The Cowardly Thieves of Section Seventeen
As train robbers earn grudging respect for their 'daring,' the local community denounces the 'craven' looters stripping furniture and doors from vacant rural homes.
- The Berry Patch Heist
A Highlands family returns from their harvest to find a stranger in their home and their silverware missing.
- The Amateur Sleuths Who Caught the Richland Post Office Robbers
A year after the mail was stolen, five men finally split a $600 federal reward — and the one now somewhere in the Atlantic on a hospital ship has no idea.
- The Great Elma Bank Heist: Fire as a Distraction
Seven masked bandits robbed the Elma bank of $3,500 on Saturday night, using a strategically timed arson attack on the local school gymnasium to draw police and citizens away from the scene.
- The Midnight Rail Raid in Kennewick
Law enforcement turns a routine freight train inspection into a high-speed chase, leaving hoboes running for their lives.
- Freight Train Bandits Sentenced Within Days of Heist
Three men who held up a brakeman and passenger at gunpoint near Kennewick are quickly dispatched to state prison.
- The Price of Disunity
A local growers' association leader condemns farmers who bypass collective bargaining, warning that consigning produce to commission agents leads to market collapse.
- Frost Takes Half the Potato Crop: Kennewick Growers Face Lean Season
A cold spring and killing frosts cut the early potato yield nearly in half, leaving growers with only 20 cars instead of the usual 40—but prices remain strong.
- Keep Your Money at Home? In Kennewick, the Shoe-Leather Trail Led to Pasco
A letter to the editor takes aim at buy-local boosterism, arguing that Kennewick shoppers already knew the real prices—and often crossed the river to Pasco or sent away for mail-order catalogs.
- The $37,500 Handshake: How Benton County's Tax Crusaders Blessed a Courthouse Deal
Prosser's anti-tax league swore it would guard the public purse to the last janitor's salary. Then its own man changed his mind on Monday, and the Kennewick editor noticed where the $37,500 went.