Jan. 1 will be cold outside, but things will be heating up in the Kent ShoWare Center.
Pet adoptions at the King County Animal Shelter in Kent are up 10 percent over this time last year, and the shelter population is down by more than one-third.
King County fire investigators determined an incendiary device caused a fire that destroyed an empty house Sunday morning in the 12000 block of Southeast 196th Street in the Panther Lake area of unincorporated Kent.
A state Liquor Control Board sting caught eight vendors at the ShoWare Center in Kent selling alcohol to minors during a recent hockey game.
SMG, the operators of the city-owned arena, faces a possible $500 fine or a five-day suspension of its liquor license in February by the liquor board for selling alcohol to minors at concession stands during a Dec. 11 Seattle Thunderbirds hockey game. SMG requested a Jan. 13 hearing with a liquor board officer to get the fine or suspension reduced.
The lines for the annual Kent Food Bank toy delivery day began forming at 6 a.m. Tuesday and by the time the Kent Firefighters arrived… Continue reading
When the door to the Neely O'Brien Elementary School gym opened on Dec. 16, 10-year-old Roderick Aaron's eyes grew wide as he took in the… Continue reading
The King County Prosecutor's Office filed a charge Wednesday of third-degree child molestation against a 21-year-old Kent man in connection with a Dec. 16 attack… Continue reading
Despite whatever challenges they may be facing themselves this holiday season, the students at Kent-Meridian High will be making sure more than 100 less fortunate… Continue reading
A 51-year-old Mexican national was sentenced Dec. 18 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to nine years in prison for possession of cocaine with intent… Continue reading
The sound of a shooting earlier this afternoon in Kent in the vicinity of 92nd Avenue turned out to be a suicide.
Kent School District band teacher Darren Motamedy was honored Dec. 4 as a recipient of a 2009 Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching from KCTS in a ceremony Dec. 4 at the school.
The Aukeen/Kent District Court in Kent is moving to high ground in Renton to avoid Green River flooding.The move was Friday, with the operations expected to resume Dec. 28 afternoon.
Highline Community College’s Worker Retraining, Opportunity Grants and Basic Food & Education Training (BFET) programs have no more money available for students winter quarter.
Assault
Police cited the mother of a Kent grade-school student Dec. 9, after she allegedly yelled at her son's teacher and hit the teacher with a door during the incident at the school, located in the 6300 block of South 236th Street.
Truck and car drivers no longer have to wait for trains along South 228th Street at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks.
Kent city officials Tuesday opened the South 228th Street overpass between 84th Avenue South and 76th Avenue South. The street had been closed for 18 months as construction crews completed the $20 million project.
A 58-year-old Seattle man was struck and killed by a small pickup truck as he tried to cross the Benson Highway at about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday in the Panther Lake area of unincorporated Kent.
Kent Police are investigating a Dec. 16 incident at Kent-Meridian High School in which a man naked from the waist down jumped out at and grabbed a female student who was walking to school via the bike trail in a wooded area north of French Field.
Monroe Police arrested a 20-year-old Kent man Dec. 11 for investigation of first-degree rape and first-degree kidnapping in connection with a 23-year-old woman he met at a Kirkland nightclub.
Dated Dec. 16: Today, we received a report that at approximately 7:00 AM this morning, a female KM student was grabbed by a white male… Continue reading
The American Red Cross can feed thousands of residents this winter if Green River flooding causes large evacuations in Kent, Auburn, Renton or Tukwila.
Red Cross and King County officials Tuesday in Renton displayed a mobile kitchen housed in a 53-foot trailer where workers can produce as many as 12,000 to 15,000 hot meals per day.
