🌱 What led to a 14-year sentence after Mill Creek apartment shooting?
Mill Creek, Washington Patch AM: a 3 min readHi Mill Creek! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What led to a 14-year sentence after Mill Creek apartment shooting?
- How one Mill Creek dad lit up local ballfields forever
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cooler with showers around, with a high of 58 and low of 48 degrees.
- Thursday: Cloudy with a shower, temps: high: 60, low: 47.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 54 and low of 45 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Shooting of two juveniles in Mill Creek lands man 14-year prison sentence (heraldnet.com) — A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to just over 14 years in prison for shooting two youths outside the Gateway Apartments in Mill Creek, near 132nd Street and Bothell-Everett Highway. The June 2025 attack left a 12-year-old with severe, lasting injuries and a 17-year-old struggling with anxiety and fear in public spaces. 
• Langsea's light shines on local ballplayers (heraldnet.com) — Mill Creek families and Jackson High athletes are still feeling the impact of longtime volunteer coach Chris Langsea, whose work helped bring permanent lights to Willis Tucker Park and supported Mill Creek Little League. His children, Noah and Aliana, now star for Jackson’s baseball and softball teams, carrying on his legacy on local fields where he quietly mowed, fixed fences, and built community.
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Timbercrest Middle School Rm 105
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Wednesday May 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Fire injures at least 1 in Snohomish, Washington.
5:46AM on May 12: Nextdoor user reports an old railroad bridge on fire. (Nextdoor )
- Arby's Restaurant posted a job opening for Team Member in Lynnwood. Apply here.
- Crane Aerospace & Electronics, Inc. posted a job opening for Production Assembler I in Lynnwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mill Creek here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lynnwood
- Lynnwood City Council discusses ordinance that would allow temporary paid parking lots (lynnwoodtimes.com)
- South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for May 11-17 and beyond (myedmondsnews.com)
- Isabel Mata delivers tearful apology, accepts American flag and vows to fly it at her home (lynnwoodtimes.com)
Everett
- Win Tickets to the Washington Wolfpack Game on May 23rd! (audacy.com)
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