Kent Police are looking for a dull black mid-1990s Honda Civic that a witness recently spotted in the area of several vehicle break-ins.
The car is a two-door hatchback with three spoke wheels and one stock wheel, according to a Sept. 30 Kent Police e-mail.
It is time for Kent residents to clear away junk from their homes and take it to the fall recycling event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 16 at Russell Road Park, 24400 Russell Road.
Residents can bring items not easily recycled at the curb, including appliances, batteries, propane tanks, toilets, electronics (other than computers and televisions), tires, concrete, brick and up to three file boxes of documents to be shredded. Mattresses also will be collected for the first time at the event.
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna is the guest speaker for the second annual Friends of Scouting luncheon and fundraiser to benefit the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts of America Oct. 26 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Bremerton author Richard LeMieux will speak about ways to raise the awareness of the homeless at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Unity of Kent church, 218 State Ave. S.
LeMieux wrote "Breakfast at Sally's," which outlines his life when he was homeless in Bremerton and often ate meals at the Salvation Army.
The appearance by LeMieux is part of event organized by Kent small-business owner Brian Raynes to thank the people who have helped him sponsor Make a Difference, a dinner served to the homeless every Thursday evening for the past three years.
The city of Kent now owns the unfinished parking garage downtown at Fourth Avenue North and West Smith Street.
City officials hope that means they might be able to finally find a developer to take over the stalled project.
The lunch special Friday at the Kent Senior Activity Center is three-cheese lasagna with meat sauce, garlic bread and broccoli. Diners also can opt for a fresh deli sandwich with soup or salad.
All meals are $6, and the lunches are available to all in the community.
Help celebrate 120 years of Kent history and support the Kent Historical Society by attending its annual fundraising dinner 6-9 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
The theme for the evening is “A Night of a Thousand Stars.” Tickets are $45.
King County prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old Kent man with first-degree animal cruelty for allegedly starving a puppy to death in his abandoned apartment.
Allegro Performing Arts Academy has been named the Best Dance Studio in the Northwest by the Federation of Dance Competitions. Out of 11 Northwest states, Allegro claimed the top spot by the accumulation of its competition scores this year.
With the November general election just two months away, the Kent Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a forum for the region's top political races this year.
King County officials hammered home the message Tuesday that Green River Valley residents and business owners need to prepare for flooding with the Howard Hanson Dam not operating at full capacity and with forecasts for a La Nina winter.
The dishes in the sink may have bothered Susan Pyne, but the trip she took with husband Mark Pyne to Miami certainly didn’t.
That’s because Mark was a finalist in the Sutter Homes Better Burger Contest, and all that experimentation in the kitchen of their Kent home had a happy ending - a free trip to Florida.
Mark was named the winner in the People’s Choice category of the Sutter Homes’ cook-off Sept. 21-23 at Miami Beach. He took third place in the judges’ review. It was an outcome that yielded him a $2,075 cash prize and a handcrafted pottery trophy of a hamburger, in addition to bragging rights at future family barbecues.
As J.B. Ruth walks away from a cluster of blueberry bushes and eyes the large cedar and Douglas Fir trees near the edge of 4 acres on Kent's East Hill, he visualizes how well he expects the city's first cottage housing development to work.
"We know Kent needs a shot in the arm," said Ruth, project manager for Renton-based W.E. Ruth Real Estate Inc., about housing developments in the city. "Kent is not as good as it was. But this is a new way of thinking."
The first cottage housing units in Kent could be popping up next year.
Kent developer Bill Ruth of Renton-based W.E. Ruth Real Estate filed a preliminary plat application in August with the city to build 30 units at 11518 S.E. 240th St., just north of Southeast 240th Street.
Kent Reporter photographer Charles Cortes led the Kent newsroom staff this year in awards at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association's 2010 Better Newspaper Contest.
Cortes, who has been with the Kent Reporter for three years, took first place in Best Color Feature photo with his shot, "The screaming is music to his ears," showing a veteran carnival worker flashing a big grin as an amusement-park ride terrifies its riders.
The work of Kent Police detective Jeremiah Johnson and Renton Police officer John Awai helped result in the arrest of a 34-year-old Renton man with a history of domestic violence.
"We go after the worst of the worst," Johnson said of his work with Kent's Special Investigations Unit. "With this guy's history, he qualifies."
A woman was found dead at a house fire Monday in the 16600 block of Southeast 279th Place in Covington.
The Washington State Patrol arrested a 29-year-old Seattle man for investigation of vehicular homicide in connection with the death of a Des Moines man who was struck while walking across the Kent-Des Moines Road at West Meeker Street at about 5:25 a.m. Sunday in Kent.
Kent-Meridian HIgh School and Bowen Scarff Ford are partnering today with the Ford Motor Company to provide a major fundraiser for K-M's clubs and sports programs.
Called "Drive One 4 UR School," the event will have 10 new vehicles available for test drives at the school, with $20 going to the school for each test drive and short survey that participants complete.
A group of about 65 community members, school district staff and students met for a second time in a week Friday at the Kent School District administration building.
They had a specific job in front of them, and one which school administration hopes will be a lasting effort:
Developing a new strategic plan for the Kent School District.
