There were 476 fireworks-related injuries and fires reported to the State Fire Marshal’s Office in 2011 by fire departments and hospitals.
Kent Police broke up a large gathering of high school students Wednesday at Lake Meridian Park for a few "minor confrontations" that attracted a large crowd of spectators following the final day of school.
The murder trial for the Oregon man charged with first-degree murder for the stabbing death of Seth Frankel, a city of Kent employee and Auburn resident, could last six weeks.
Steve Stoffel just completed the biggest physical challenge of his life.
Taiko drummers, bagpipes, children garbed in lion headdresses and various cultural displays took center stage Saturday at the fourth annual Kent International Festival.
The Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority wants to remind residents and visitors that the Fourth of July, while a time to celebrate our country’s independence, is also a day of potential injuries and fires.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce will host an event allowing voters to connect with local candidates in a fun way.
A former state liquor store in Kent will go back up for auction for the third time.
The city of Kent plans to send letters to medical marijuana collective gardens operating in town that the businesses are no longer allowed under a new ordinance.
A hearing in King County Juvenile Court in Seattle to determine whether a 16-year-old Kent boy charged with rape should be tried as an adult has been rescheduled to Aug. 13-14.
More than 400 children in three Kent public housing projects will get books to call their own because of a donation of 1,350 books.
A Kent man was one of two Veterans Affairs employees arrested Tuesday at work following an investigation of more than $110,000 in fraudulent claims in a program designed to reimburse veterans for their travel to medical appointments.
For 27 years the remains, the 16th set tied to Green River Killer Gary Ridgway, were known to the King County Sheriff's Office as "Bones 16."
Democrat Dave Christie, who is running for Congress in the 9th Congressional District, will host a Town Hall meeting from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 30 at the Kent Commons Green River Room, 525 Fourth Ave. N.
Nonprofit groups that focus on youth or the elderly and food banks that serve King, Kitsap, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish or Thurston counties are eligible to apply for grants from Quadrant Homes.
Youth and adults can sign up for the 2012 Seattle Thunderbirds Hockey School that runs Aug. 6-11 and Aug. 13-18 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
The trial date has been continued once again for a Seattle man arrested in Kent and charged with promoting prostitution, leading organized crime, promoting sexual abuse of a minor and other charges.
Jacqueline Ablao dances to express herself.“I dance when I am having a rough week or have something to say and am not sure how to get it out,” said Ablao, a senior at Kentridge High School. “It takes my mind off of everything and allows me to just be me in that moment.”
After years of searching, the Jewett parents finally feel they have diagnosed their daughter.
Sentencing has been continued again for a Tacoma man convicted in connection with the Kent car show, gang-related shooting last July that injured 12 people.
