Lindsey Cook remembers as a little girl first meeting Don Vandel in the Kent restaurant owned by her parents.
“Even when he was not dressed as Santa Claus, I called him Santa,” Cook said during a Tuesday phone interview. “He looked like Santa Claus.”
The Seattle Thunderbirds junior hockey team will name their new head coach in a 3 p.m. press conference Thursday in the Club Lounge at the ShoWare Center in Kent, according to a Wednesday T-Birds media release.
Contract negotiations between the teachers union and the Kent School District are "going well" so far after three meetings over the last few weeks.
King County prosecutors have charged two men with seven counts of first-degree trafficking in stolen property for allegedly taking more than $1 million worth of items from the Office Depot warehouse in Kent.
The following candidates have filed for the Kent City Council and Kent School Board, according to the King County Elections website:
Fast-food fans don't need to worry because Jack's coming back to Central Avenue in downtown Kent.
Dave Mortenson likes how each year the Kent International Festival picks up the interest of more and more people.
“We’re getting a greater participation not only of people coming to it but people wanting to participate,” said Mortenson, a Kent resident and one of the event organizers. “And we’re getting a wider diversity of people participating.”
The community is invited to attend the 70th birthday party of Meridian, the oldest operating school in the Kent School District. Current and former students, teachers and staff are all invited to share memories about the school, view school memorabilia and enjoy cake, coffee and punch. Four current Meridian teachers also attended the school.
Kentridge High School won two awards for its recent production of "Happy Days - A New Musical" at the ninth annual 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards show Monday at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle.
The Relay for Life of Kent has raised nearly $200,000 so far to support cancer research after nearly 1,600 people attended the 13th annual event last weekend at French Field.
Kent's "American Idol" star Stefano Langone will appear from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4 at the Kent Station shopping mall.
French Field at Kent-Meridian High School will fill up Friday and Saturday with more than 1,400 participants in the Relay for Life of Kent, the 13th annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society to support cancer research.
Two men each pleaded not guilty Thursday to three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting deaths of three Pierce County men whose bodies were found in March in unincorporated Kent.
Defense attorneys for the two men charged with the shooting deaths of three Pierce County men whose bodies were found in March in unincorporated Kent argued Wednesday in court that the men should be allowed to wear civilian clothing and not have their faces photographed by the media when they appear Thursday to be arraigned on first-degree murder charges.
Count Mark Rypien, the former NFL and Washington State University quarterback, as a big fan of the women's Lingerie Football League and the Seattle Mist.
As many as 50 vendors selling everything from fruits, flowers, vegetables and crafts are expected at the opening Saturday, June 4 of the Kent Farmers Market.
The activities are all part of the new "I Am Music Project" course at Kent Phoenix Academy, the Kent School District's alternative high school on the East Hill.
A 71-year-old Kent man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to one year of probation, a $2,000 fine and 100 hours of community service for false statements regarding federal worker’s compensation benefits.
Two men charged with the shooting deaths of three Pierce County men whose bodies were found in March at a nursery in unincorporated Kent had their scheduled arraignments Thursday rescheduled for June 2.
A flatbed truck crashed into a power pole at about 8:45 a.m. Thursday in the 9600 block of South 240th Street on the East Hill in Kent.
