A special groundbreaking was held Sunday in Seattle’s Rainier Valley neighborhood for a first-in-Seattle Chess Park. The Chess Park is a dream come true for the woman whom the park will be named after ...

SEATTLE — On the corner of Rainier Avenue South and 51st Avenue, in the South Rainier Valley, something was being built. For the longest time, there was no explanation. Just supports for footings and ...

Senator Patty Murray's Golden Tennis Shoe Awards are supposed to be a nice feel-good event—an opportunity for the senator to raise some campaign cash while honoring people who have beat the odds to ...

Koby Portes was driving through Rainier Beach recently when he looked out the window and saw something that blew his mind. A new park dedicated to chess, his personal obsession. “I have to go here!” ...

A Seattle police detective was recognized for her work with children and families in the Rainier Beach neighborhood on Saturday with the grand opening of a park named in her honor. SPD detective ...

SEATTLE (WLS) -- Kids in Seattle are enjoying a new chess park. It's named after a local police officer whose experiences in Chicago inspired her to work with children. Detective Denise "Cookie" ...

Seattle Police Detective Denise “Cookie” Bouldin believes kids can succeed when they’re given a chance and the right tools. And for her, one of those tools is the game of chess. For about 12 years now ...

There are plenty of good moves, and positive ones, at Detective Cookie’s Urban Youth Chess Club. On Tuesday, more than 200 students from Seattle’s Van Asselt and South Shore elementary schools squared ...