The Kent School District and the teachers union reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.
An electrical fire caused an estimated $2,000 damage at about 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 to a Kent mobile home in the 22000 block of 84th Avenue South.
With no "significant leads or suspects" in the shooting death Aug. 19 of a 27-year-old Kent man, Kent Police want the public's help to find the person responsible.
The Neely-Soames Historic Homestead celebrated its 10th anniversary with an open house and tour Aug. 20.
Copper-wire thieves struck the Bonneville Power Administration substation in Covington for the second time in five months.
A fundraising event is planned this week for Messiah's Hands and Feet Outreach and its founder Marc Elmore, who is ill with cancer.
Kent city crews will install new flashing signals to alert drivers to slow down for school zones at Scenic Hill, Kent and Meadow Ridge elementary schools.
The Kent man shot to death Aug. 19 outside his apartment has been identified as Arnulfo Gomez-Vasquez, according to the Kent Police.
Trevor Ice was commissioned Aug. 12 into the U.S. Marine Corps as a second lieutenant during a ceremony at his family home in Kent.
Drivers can now go to a website to find out where officers will be looking for people Driving Under the Influence in Pierce, King or Snohomish counties.
A trial date has yet to be set for William L. Phillip Jr., the Oregon man charged with first-degree murder in the May 2010 stabbing death of Seth Frankel, a Kent city employee.
A Kent Police officer's decision to go through a fence rather than over it helped him catch an escaping inmate from the city jail when the fence fell on the 24-year-old man.
An agreement on a new contract between the Kent School District and the teachers union could come this week and is expected by Aug. 30 at the latest.
About 75 Kent students from kindergarten to high school juniors participated in a 2.4-mile walk Aug. 17 as part of the Kent School District's Refugee Transition Center Summer Program.
First, let me start by saying how honored I am to be our new Kent Police chief. This has been a very humbling experience and a dream come true for me personally and professionally. I am very excited to lead such an outstanding organization with a great group of people.
The following local students graduated from Seattle Pacific University.
The Kent Regional Fire Authority firefighters responded to multiple reports of an apartment fire at the 22400 block of Benson Road SE on Kent’s Easthill.
The Washington State Liquor Control Board will implement a year-long spirits tasting pilot in 30 state, contract and tribal liquor stores statewide beginning Sept 1.
Jeff Caso has watched a lot of children benefit over the last two years from the Thunderbird Community Sports Foundation supported by Seattle Thunderbirds hockey fans.
Residents are invited to a community meeting hosted by the Kent Police Department from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 at the Kent Parks Community Center at the Kent Phoenix Academy, 11000 S.E. 264th St.
