A retired Yakima police officer is coming back to the force as a volunteer to help tackle shoplifting cases. Preston Brown went back to work after patrolling for 21 years, he's now taking on a detective role.

You will have a chance to weigh on a $20 car tab fee in Yakima. It just won't be on the ballot. Yakima City Council wants you to fill out a survey instead. Action News learned money was behind the decision.

Yakima County Deputies say they cracked a bizarre case of a 73-year-old man who wanted to kill his daughter-in-law. Only they say he tried to hire a hit man.

A man accused of murder and attempted murder in two separate cases appeared Wednesday before a judge.

A new jail with a $15 million price tag opened today in Toppenish. It's a tribal facility that doubles as a rehabilitation center. Tribal council and corrections officers say inmates will leave the jail as better people.

Union Gap recently approved a 3.5% salary increase for Public Works employees. However one council member tells KIMA he's concerned it might put the city in the red.

The Yakima Valley stepped up to the plate to help the woman and her seven kids living with no water. The family has a dry well, and can't afford to fix it.

KIMA is following up on the hiring of a new deputy fire chief. The position comes with a roughly $100,000 salary, which had many of you wondering why the department didn't use those funds to hire two firefighters instead. KIMA learned that new man is now on the job, and is taking on the work of many.

Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims every year.

Ubaldo Jimenez overcame a shaky start to get the win and the Cleveland Indians pounded out a season-best five doubles to beat the Seattle Mariners 9-3 Wednesday night.

Authorities in California took the unusual step of jailing and charging a tuberculosis patient who they say refused to take medication to keep his disease from becoming contagious.