King County Metro Transit is launching an “In Motion” program on Kent’s East Hill to entice residents to get around by walking, cycling, riding the bus or train, and sharing rides.
For a lot of youngsters, running laps around a field can feel like a chore.
Not so for a group of girls at Sunnycrest Elementary School in Kent.
For 10 weeks, the students gathered two afternoons each week to stretch and put in the laps around the playfield at their school.
Sure it was hard, and they sweated. But there was something extra special that kept them going.
Nearly four weeks after the killing of Seth Frankel, 41, a video program coordinator for the city of Kent, Auburn Police continue to investigate the case.
Mill Creek Middle School teacher J.P. Frame may have won a state award for his dedication to teaching history, but aside from his students and colleagues, there are two people to whom he feels a special sense of gratitude:
His grandmothers, Sis and Dorothy.
Alajawan Brown's homicide wasn't random.
He was targeted – by mistake, said King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg Thursday in announcing the filing of first-degree murder charges against Curtis John Walker, 35, of Kent.
Join State Rep. Dave Upthegrove, Kent Reporter Publisher Polly Shepherd and Editor Laura Pierce for lunch noon Friday at the Kent Senior Activity Center.
With nine weeks of training behind them, a group of Kent-area residents put their new skills into action June 6, participating in the Weight Watchers second-annual Walk-It Challenge.
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke and Kent Police Chief Steve Strachan presented awards for the Keep a Friend Alive Poster Contest at the May 1 City Council meeting.
One man told Kent Police he had to answer his cell phone while driving because his plumber called.
A woman told an officer she simply forgot about the new state law, which allows police to ticket drivers if they are holding a cell phone to their ear or texting while driving.
The co-owners of the Kent Predators of the professional Indoor Football League will decide over the several weeks whether the team will return to the ShoWare Center for a second season in 2011, after losing "a lot of money" the first year.
Safe Havens, the Kent-based domestic-violence visitation and exchange center, will have an open house from 4-6:30 p.m. June 22 to acknowledge and thank the community for financial contributions last month that kept the facility from closing.
The city of Kent received a $70,000 grant to help restore the sculptural landscape elements at Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks Park, 742 E. Titus St., on the eastern edge of downtown.
Kent Police arrested a 32-year-old man for investigation of possession of a stolen vehicle, attempting to elude police, obstruction of an officer, drunk driving and possession of drug paraphernalia after stopping a car driving without its headlights on.
Kent-Meridian High School senior Larren Wright Jr. proudly walked up to the microphone to accept his scholarship award at the 2010 Kent Community Foundation Awards Banquet.
"It's an honor to be acknowledged for accomplishments in the classroom and on the athletic field," Wright said as the winner of the $500 Rob Osborne scholarship given to a Kent-Meridian student planning to attend a Washington college.
A census worker wearing a City of Kent identification badge will visit households between June 17 and July 17 in the Panther Lake annexation area.
The city is required by the state to conduct a census of all homes in Panther Lake, since the area will annex to the city July 1.
From left, Simone Loban, of Seattle, Chelsey Helman, of Sacramento, Breann Bozlee, of Kent, and Ashley Julian, of Monroe fill out their application for their “The Bachelor” audition at Kent Station Sunday, June 12.
It’s June and it’s that time of the year again.
Expect the Kent ShoWare Center to be graduation central this weekend.
The schedule includes the following:
Despite 10 nominations for three Kent schools at the eighth annual 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards show June 7 in Seattle, no Kent school or student came away with top honors.
Calling all the single ladies.
The popular reality television show "The Bachelor" has scheduled a casting call for this Sunday at Kent Station, 417 Ramsay Way, Kent.
A 23 year-old Des Moines man died early Friday morning when his car left the roadway and struck a tree in the White Center area. He died shortly after he was taken to Harborview Medical Center, according to a press release from the King County Sheriff.
