To make way for Schneider Homes' Copper Ridge housing development, the city of Kent approved the contractor's request to close South 208th Street from 92nd Avenue South to 96th Avenue South beginning Friday, July 20.
A 20-year-old man surrendered peacefully Wednesday morning after a SWAT team surrounded a Kent apartment in the Panther Lake area.
Kent Police arrested a woman for investigation of third-degree theft and obstructing a public official after she allegedly took about $245 worth of underwear, bras and belts from a store and then tried to run from officers.
A man in his 20s was shot and injured in Kent after an altercation at about 1 p.m. Sunday in the 22400 block of Benson Road on the East Hill.
Sandbags set up across the Green River Valley three years ago to combat flooding threats are finally getting removed.
The Metropolitan King County Council on Monday agreed to continue the collaborative regional animal services program that spreads the cost of animal control, sheltering and licensing between the county for unincorporated areas and 25 suburban cities, including Kent.
Workshops are coming up July 20 and 27 for the Boomers and Aging Parents 101 program at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
A Tacoma man received a one-year jail sentence for his role in the Kent car show, gang-related shooting last July that injured 12 people.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey are bringing a circus show to Kent's ShoWare Center this summer.
The Kent Summer Concert Series begins next week at Kent Station, Town Square Plaza and Lake Meridian Park.
Voters will get a chance to put several local politicians in the hot seat Thursday during the Kent Chamber of Commerce's Speed Candidating event.
Kent's Rainier Youth Choirs traveled to the Pacific International Children's Choir Festival (PICCFEST) in Eugene, Ore., June 26-July 2, part of the Oregon Bach Festival.
The man who died Wednesday after he broke through a snow crust in the Paradise area of Mount Rainier has been identified as Dave Watson, an instructor Green River Community College and a Kent parishioner.
Kent now has a homey place for people of all ages to congregate, sip coffee and eat goodies.
If you haven't registered to vote and want to vote in the Aug. 7 primary election, you have two options, but time is running out on either one.
Machinists Union District Lodge 751 is once again teaming up with Pacific Raceways for its annual “Dog Days” charity fundraising event.
Kent Downtown Partnership exceeded its goal of raising at least $30,000 at its annual dinner/auction at Kent's ShoWare Center.
Backers of two citizen initiatives have submitted signatures far in excess of the 241,000 bare minimum, and appear to be in good position to make the November statewide ballot.
Four people were displaced from an apartment fire in the 20000 block of 30 Avenue South on Thursday, according to the Kent Fire Department.
Kent joined Seattle and six other South King County cities as All-America Cities chosen by the National Civic League on Monday based on the region's ambitious plan to ensure that more children are reading at grade level by the end of third grade.
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