Two Kent men were among 10 people arrested Tuesday for drug trafficking charges by a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) led task force. Law enforcement agencies… Continue reading
Kent Police arrested a 64-year-0ld Des Moines woman for investigation of arson for starting a three-alarm fire Sunday afternoon that destroyed most of a Pacific… Continue reading
Kent’s East Hill drivers will have an additional left turn lane by spring from southbound 108th Avenue Southeast to eastbound Southeast 208th Street. A second… Continue reading
The Kent City Council decided against a vehicle license tab fee, delayed hiring a new communications director and approved hiring two more police officers. The… Continue reading
A Kirkland developer plans to build a 165-unit, seven-story apartment complex in downtown Kent at West Meeker Street and Madison Avenue. David Myaskovsky submitted plans… Continue reading
When two Kent Police detectives and an officer showed up one afternoon last month to serve a search warrant for a fraud investigation at 437… Continue reading
Election 2016
Voters are approving higher taxes for more mass transit. The $54 billion Sound Transit3 measure had 55 percent (413,769 votes) in favor and 45 percent… Continue reading
Election 2016
Kent voters are helping to return all of the incumbents in House Districts 33 and 47 to the state Legislature in Olympia. In District 33,… Continue reading
The financial losses at the city-owned ShoWare Center continued in the third quarter of 2016 but remained lower than projections. The arena lost $312,298 through… Continue reading
The Kent City Council is considering other options rather than a $20 vehicle license tab fee to help balance the 2017-2018 budget. If the council… Continue reading
On East Hill along 116th Avenue SE
Residents are fed up with living in danger near a Kent West Hill home where two people were recently shot and injured. Neighbors say they… Continue reading
Kent Police determined an initial call from a mother about a possible abduction of her teen daughter turned out to be a false report. The… Continue reading
Kent city officials shut down “a longtime flophouse for drug activity” in the North Park neighborhood, just north of Kent Station. City crews boarded up… Continue reading
Kent Police are spending an estimated $1.5 million on overtime costs in each of the last three years, more than twice the amount in its… Continue reading
A driver of a small pickup truck drove across two lawns in Kent before smashing into the garage of a third house and coming to a stop in the driveway of a fourth home.
A dispute between two Kent roommates reportedly led to one man slashing a living room couch with knives and sticking a screwdriver into a flat screen television.
City officials narrowed down a list of 104 applicants to six in an effort to find the next city of Kent parks director.
If Kent Police arrest someone for a felony crime, the officers take that person to be booked at the King County jail at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
The man shot and killed by Kent Police has been identified as Patrick D. Reddeck, 38, of Kent.
