I-5 was reopened the morning of Sept. 22 following a three-vehicle crash that resulted in all of the southbound lanes being closed for approximately 12 hours while emergency crews worked at the scene.
The crash involved three large trucks, one of which was a tanker and trailer hauling 10,000 gallons of gasoline and 900 gallons of diesel fuel
WSDOT Alert Update
DATE /TIME: September 22, 2010, 8:33 a.m.
DESCRIPTION: The disabled vehicle that blocked the right center lane on southbound I-5 at S. 188th Street in Kent has been cleared. Further south on I-5, WSDOT crews continue to clear the roadway of an overturned tanker truck that continues to block all lanes on southbound I-5 at S. 188th Street in Kent.
Kent Police are hopeful that the public will recognize a man captured on video as he robbed a local 7-11 convenience store. The man used a black handgun to threaten the clerk while committing the robbery.
Residents in unincorporated King County and 27 contracting cities, including Kent, have a little more than a week left to take advantage of an amnesty period for unlicensed pets before they face a no-tolerance fine. As part of the new Regional Animal Services model for animal control in King County, residents were given a 90-day amnesty period to license their pets without facing a fine. The amnesty period expires at the end of the day Sept. 30 Starting Oct. 1, residents who have unlicensed cats or dogs face a fine of $125 for spayed or neutered pets, and up to $250 for an unaltered pet.
Do you have old prescription drugs or over-the-counter medicines that are no longer of use or past the expiration date? If so, the Kent Police can dispose of it for you in their Prescription Drug Take Back Day Sept. 25.
A 42-year-old female inmate died Monday morning at the King County jail at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
The woman was found at 9:05 a.m. Monday by jail staff during a routine security check, according to a media release from the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention.
A 15-year-old Kent-Meridian student remained in juvenile custody in Seattle Monday, after Kent Police arrested him Sept. 17 for investigation of armed robbery.
Kent Police arrested a 15-year-old Kent-Meridian High School student Sept. 17 for investigation of armed robbery in connection with a Sept. 11 incident at a restaurant parking lot across from the school where four students had their cell phones taken at gunpoint.
The student turned himself in Sept. 17 to a Kent Police officer who works at Kent-Meridian as a school resource officer after word spread that detectives were looking for the boy, said Sgt. Pat Lowery in a phone interview Sept. 20.
Start cleaning out those closets of gently used coats and warm winter clothing. The Soroptimist of Kent is holding its fourth-annual Coat and Warm Clothing Drive.
The service organization is working in conjunction with the Kent School District, the Kent Fire and Police departments and the City of Kent to collect these items for distribution to the homeless children in the Kent School District.
In preparation for a 2011 King County Budget that will include $60 million in cuts, the chair of the Metropolitan King County Council’s Budget Leadership team is encouraging the public to get involved by going to the Budget Committee’s four public hearings.
Cheryl Wright hopes a new celebration called AutumnFest that features wine and beer tasting, snacks, music and even a scarecrow-decorating contest will give people a reason to check out the Historic District of downtown Kent.
Autumnfest runs 4-8 p.m. Sept. 24 at more than 15 businesses in the heart of Kent's downtown: West Meeker Street, West Gowe Street, First Avenue and Second Avenue.
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Deonte Lamont Rasul-Chiono, prosecutors allege, jumped with both feet and the full force of his 275 pounds on the head of Lonnie Johnson as the 53-year-old homeless man lay unconscious, helpless and bleeding heavily from his head on the street in the 2200 block of I Street early Wednesday morning.
On Thursday, prosecutors charged the 18-year-old Kent man with second-degree assault.
Vandals are putting Green River Valley residents at serious risk.
What they are doing: cutting open the sandbags that line the river as a defense against flood.
Find out how local officials are fixing the problem.
And if you see anyone vandalizing this critical flood-protection barrier, don't hesitate to call 9-1-1.
Business owners and residents in the Kent Valley need to get ready for a second consecutive winter of potential Green River flooding because the Howard Hanson Dam still cannot hold back as much water as its original design.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees operations of Hanson Dam, reminds residents to be alert and aware about weather conditions and the potential for flooding.
There’s lots of talk these days about competing globally in the classroom.
But did you know there’s a program enabling local students to do just that?
And – better yet – that it could actually save them a year of study in college?
It’s called the International Baccalaureate Program, and it’s been around since the 1960s, when it was first developed as a academic system for the children of foreign diplomats.
A sprinkler system worked as designed in an early morning fire Sept. 17 in the 21600 block of 85th Place South, helping Kent firefighters to extinguish a fire in a large concrete tilt-up building.
Every day that Barbara Drennen goes to work as the executive director of the Pediatric Interim Care Center in downtown Kent, she sees the 4-foot-high, concrete-block flood wall wrapped in white plastic that surrounds her building.
King County prosecutors charged a 29-year-old Renton man Sept. 10 with vehicular assault in connection with a T-bone collision Sept. 8 on Kent's East Hill that critically injured his passenger, a 27-year-old Renton man.
Alan Edward Undem is scheduled to be arraigned for the alleged assault at 9 a.m. Sept. 21 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
A 34-year-old Auburn man died when his motorcycle collided with a car Sept. 14 at about 5 p.m. near Kent. The accident occurred at South 272nd and 46th Avenue South in unincorporated King County, south of Kent.
A 37-year-old woman from Louisiana driving a 2002 Mercedes 330 SUV, was stopped on South 272nd headed eastbound, waiting to turn northbound onto 46th Avenue South. The collision occurred when she entered 46th.
An accident this evening in Kent involving a motorcycle and a sport-utility vehicle ended with the death of the motorcyclist.
