Steve Hunter

Metro Transit will have a workshop about bus cuts on Aug. 11 in Kent.

Kent workshop on Aug. 11 to discuss Metro Transit’s bus service cuts

King County Metro Transit staff will discuss upcoming bus service cuts during a workshop from 10-11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.

Metro Transit will have a workshop about bus cuts on Aug. 11 in Kent.

Kent Police capture man with felony warrants

With guns drawn, Kent Police broke out the driver's window of a reported stolen vehicle with a baton to get a man with a felony warrant to surrender to officers at about 1 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot near the Heritage Bank in the 400 block of West James Street.

Derek Matheson is the new city of Kent chief administrative officer.

Kent sets public reception Aug. 19 for new chief administrative officer, finance director

Residents can meet the city of Kent's new chief administrative officer and finance director during a reception from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19 in the City Hall lobby, 220 Fourth Ave. S.

Derek Matheson is the new city of Kent chief administrative officer.
Princilla

Kent couple fights eviction from apartment

Princilla and Dominic Dinish never knew a landlord could refuse to renew an apartment lease for no reason at all.

Princilla

Detectives await toxicology report on man shot by Kent officers

Auburn Police are waiting for a toxicology report on Richard Duncalf, the man shot and killed by Kent Police.

Kent Police are trying to identify this man in connection with a July 16 robbery at a Rite Aid store on Washington Avenue North.

Kent Police seek help to identify robbery suspect; uses iPhone to demand drugs

Kent Police are asking for help to identify a man wanted in connection with a robbery at a Rite Aid store, 105 Washington Ave. N.

Kent Police are trying to identify this man in connection with a July 16 robbery at a Rite Aid store on Washington Avenue North.

Tacoma woman pleads not guilty to shooting Kent man

A 24-year-old Tacoma woman pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to first-degree attempted murder in connection with the Kent man shot in the face outside of a Panther Lake Starbucks.

Ex-Kentridge High teacher’s sex crime trial continued to Aug. 18

A former Kentridge High School teacher faces an Aug. 18 trial in King County Superior Court for attempted commercial sexual abuse of a minor.

Terreno Realty buys Kent industrial property for $2.8 million

San Francisco-based Terreno Realty Corp., has bought an industrial property in south Kent for about $2.8 million.

Kent boy, 14, receives 8 years to life prison sentence for rape of 8-year-old girl

A 14-year-old Kent boy received a prison sentence of eight years and could serve a life sentence for the first-degree rape of an 8-year-old girl last November in a wooded area near a Kent hotel.

Some Kent residents want the city to extend its ban on fireworks to include the Fourth of July.

Kent residents lodge fireworks complaints at City Council

Several residents made enough noise about fireworks in Kent that the City Council's going to see what it can do to address the problem of so many illegal devices landing in the yards of homes.

Some Kent residents want the city to extend its ban on fireworks to include the Fourth of July.
Sidney Rice

Retired Seahawks’ receiver Sidney Rice to open Wingstop restaurant at Kent Station

Sidney Rice is going from the Seahawks to chickens with plans to open a Wingstop restaurant at Kent Station.

Sidney Rice

Prosecutors charge Burien man with killing ex-wife in Kent

King County prosecutors filed a second-degree murder charge against a Burien man in connection with the stabbing death Sunday of his former wife at a Kent Park & Ride lot.

A computer rendering of a proposed underpass at the Union Pacific railroad tracks along South 228th Street. City officials are considering local improvement districts to help pay for the project.

Kent City Council further studies LIDs to pay for street/railroad grade separations

Commercial and manufacturing property owners would be the ones to pay if the Kent City Council decides to form local improvement districts (LIDs) to help fund major street construction projects.

A computer rendering of a proposed underpass at the Union Pacific railroad tracks along South 228th Street. City officials are considering local improvement districts to help pay for the project.

Kent Police get $15,000 grant to crack down on illegal street racing

Kent Police are planning a big crackdown on illegal street racing this summer because of a $15,000 grant from State Farm insurance to combat the problem.

Find out about potential light rail routes to Kent and Federal Way at a Sound Transit open house from 3-6 p.m. Thursday

Sound Transit to host light rail open house July 31 about Kent extension

Sound Transit will have an open house on Thursday, July 31 about extending light rail to Kent/Des Moines by 2023 with plans to reach Federal Way when more funding is secured.

Find out about potential light rail routes to Kent and Federal Way at a Sound Transit open house from 3-6 p.m. Thursday

Kent Police investigate West Hill killing of woman; suspect turns himself in

Kent Police are investigating an apparent domestic violence killing on the West Hill of a 39-year-old woman found dead in her car at a Park & Ride lot on Military Road South.

Kent officers involved in shooting treated and released at hospital; victim identified

The four Kent Police officers injured in Sunday's shooting and explosion along 86th Avenue South each were treated and released later on Sunday at Valley Medical Center in Renton.

Kent Old Timers 25th reunion on Aug. 10

The annual Kent Old Timers Greater Community Reunion will run from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.

Suspected bomb on Metro bus in Kent turns out to be fake left from training exercise

Life is returning back to normal Monday on Kent's East Hill after the suspected bomb on a Metro Transit bus turned out to be a training device.