Inmates at the city of Kent jail soon will learn how to work as flaggers at construction sites as part of a job-training program, thanks to a grant from the Washington Jail Industries Board.
Kent residents now can use the city’s Web site to file non-emergency crime reports such as theft, identity theft, vandalism and harassing phone calls.
Kent resident James Hong, 24, is training in Cambodia as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly grabbed his brother around the neck and threw him to the floor at 11:43 p.m. July 29 at a home in the 24600 block of 116th Avenue Southeast.
When friends of John Paquette hear he’s going to Iraq with the National Guard’s 81st Brigade, they have one primary question for him.
“They ask if I’m scared or not,” said Paquette during an interview Monday at his West Hill home.
Paquette, 24, on leave as a city of Kent vegetation maintenance worker, just returned to town this week after a month of training at the Yakima Training Center.
Their buildings are quiet right now – too quiet by their standards – but the five newest principals in the Kent School District are using their time to prepare for the first day of school, because they all know that when those doors open and the kids come piling in, the year moves very fast.
The Kent Food Bank needs volunteers to help distribute food and clothing to homeless and struggling families residing within the Kent School District.
The Kent School Board this week got its first look at the district administration’s latest budget, which is designed to meet a projected $2.6 million gap between expected revenues and expenditures.
A 24-year-old Bonney Lake man who was shot while trying to elude police Aug. 8 remained in custody Tuesday at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
A 20 year-old Kent man was killed at about 8 a.m. Wednesday when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle driven by a 37 year-old Kent man, according to a media release from the King County Sheriff’s Office.
A car reportedly crashed into a Kent home Wednesday night, knocking the house off its foundations.
A car reportedly crashed into a Kent home last night, knocking the house off its foundations.
A Kent man was killed this morning after his motorcycle collided with a car in front of the Indigo Springs apartment complex, at 11101 S.E. 208th St., in unincorporated Kent.
They will see trophies earned during their senior year, class yearbooks, uniforms from their generations and music from their decade. They can bring their children and grandchildren to show off their old high school. The Kent-Meridian hip-hop dance group will perform for each group, and refreshments will be served.
Local businesses can bring non-hazardous office waste for recycling 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 14 during the Kent Business Recycling Event at Russell Road Park, at the corner of Russell Road and South 240th Street. Accepted materials include: cardboard, CDs, cell phones, computer equipment, fluorescent lights, plastics, and scrap metal. The limit is one load per business. For details, call 253-856-5549.
A wood-debris fire continued to burn Friday at a Covington wood recycling facility, just east of Kent.
Kent Police arrested a 23-year-old woman for investigation of prostitution loitering at about 1 p.m. Aug. 1 near South 240th Street and Pacific Highway South.
The Kent School District Board of Directors on Wednesday will hear its first reading of the district’s $257 million 2008-2009 budget.
A woman told police that a man she had met through work left hostile and vulgar voicemail messages for her after she told him she had no romantic interest in him because she already had a boyfriend.
Kent Police shot and injured a 24-year-old Bonney Lake man at about 3 p.m. Friday after the man reportedly tried to drive his vehicle past officers to avoid being stopped for a traffic offense.
