The city of Kent dedicated the new multi-use turf fields at Wilson Playfields during an official reopening ceremony last Saturday. Under sunny skies, the event coincided with the annual Youth Soccer Jamboree.
A former Kentridge High School substitute teacher has filed a grievance with the Kent School District after he discovered he was being paid at a substitute rate when he believes he should have received a teacher's credential and contract from the district.
M-Power Youth partnered with Mill Creek Middle School, Centro Rendu and the Kent Arts Commission to conduct a recent two-week music camp for a class of nine disadvantaged students who had no musical training.
Kent Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, through Sept. 27, Town Square Plaza Park, corner of Second and Smith.
Three Seattle Thunderbirds – defenseman Shea Theodore, right wing Justin Hickman and defenseman Evan Wardley – will take part in NHL training camps this month, Seattle general manager Russ Farwell announced today.
A Kent City Council committee agreed with the city's Land Use and Planning Board to ban recreational marijuana businesses.
Machinists Union Local Lodge 751-F's second annual Karting Challenge raised more than $14,000 for charity last Saturday at PGP Motorsports Park at Pacific Raceways.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has approved new board members and officers for the organization.
Volunteers will enjoy great views of Lake Fenwick Park and the entire Kent Valley if they decide to participate to help prune the park’s popular east ridge trail on National Public Lands Day.
The Kent Police Department, in partnership with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), is once again participating in a nationwide prescription and over-the-counter drug take back day.
A weekly look at calls to the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority:
Learn about the benefits of setting up a Neighborhood Block Watch program at a Block Watch 101 class from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Kent City Hall Council Chambers, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
Tony Deniston expected a much larger man when Leland Dean Russell Jr. entered a Kent courtroom on Monday to enter a not guilty plea to two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the Aug. 20 shooting deaths of two Shell service station employees.
The Seattle Thunderbirds and CBS Radio Seattle have entered into a three-year partnership agreement to broadcast T-Birds games.
The Everett Silvertips defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-2 Friday afternoon in a preseason game at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.
Finally a bit of good news for transit riders in Kent: Metro DART Routes 914 and 916, better known as part of the Shopper Shuttle, have been restored in King County Executive Dow Constantine’s revised proposal for Metro service reductions.
The Kent Police Department will host an open house at the West Hill Woodmont Police substation, 26226 Pacific Hwy S., on Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 6-7 p.m.
The city of Kent, along with King County Parks and six other South King County cities, have teamed up to add outdoor fitness equipment for youth and teens and their families to encourage healthy living and exercise as part of the "I" CANN healthy living initiative to combat childhood obesity.
Scott Eansor scored with 15 seconds left in overtime Thursday evening to give the Seattle Thunderbirds a 3-2 victory over the Spokane Chiefs at the Toyota Center at the Red Lion Hotels Preseason Tournament.
A 24-year-old Kent man and alleged gang member faces charges of first-and second-degree assault for reportedly shooting and injuring two men Aug. 5 at a park during an annual South Seattle memorial for a teen shot to death in 2008.