A man reportedly tried to rip an engagement ring off his girlfriend’s finger as she sat on the toilet after she told him she wanted to end their relationship.
Kent’s city-owned ShoWare Center went from worst to first in one year with its operating budget.
Kent city officials want to hear from residents about how to reinvest in the park system the $2 million in proceeds the city will get from the sale of Pine Tree Park.
People can let the governing board of the Kent Regional Fire Authority know what they think about an April 26 ballot measure to extend a fire benefit charge against property owners for another six years.
The Kent-Meridian High School student struck by a car on Wednesday as he walked in a crosswalk at the school parking lot has been upgraded to serious from critical condition.
The number of homeless people in Kent keeps going up.
Fire chief Jim Schneider doesn’t expect to get as much sleep as normal over the next few months – not until he knows what voters decide about extending a fire benefit fee.
A 16-year-old male student at Kent-Meridian High School suffered life-threatening injuries on Wednesday afternoon after a vehicle hit him as he walked across the school parking lot.
Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of illegal dumping after he reportedly dumped about 30 tires on the side of a West Hill dead end street.
A fire and explosion injured one man at auto repair shop in Kent at about 10:40 a.m. Monday in the 15300 block of Southeast 272nd Street, also known as Kent Kangley Road.
Kent Police command staff reached a new three-year contract agreement with the city of Kent for its nine employees.
As accused baby shooter Marty L. Kime entered a not guilty plea to the April drive-by murder of 1-year-old Malijah Grant, the baby girl’s parents and grandparents stood up in court, filled with anger against Kime.
The Kent City Council plans to adopt a fireworks ban in the next several weeks but wants a bit more time to fine-tune the proposed ordinance.
Marty Fisher, who has worked for BECU, Starbucks and other companies, is the new city of Kent human resources director.
Kristy Herrick couldn’t help but shake her head as she pointed to a Pine Tree Park sign that read, “Welcome to your city of Kent parks ….”
Six people were displaced following a Kent house fire on Friday in the 10200 block of Southeast 228th Street.
One priest and 12 other religious brothers or sisters who taught at the former Briscoe Memorial School in Kent between 1939 and 1969 are part of a published list of 77 child sex abusers released on Friday by The Archdiocese of Seattle.
A man who has been charged in connection with the drive-by shooting death of a Kent baby girl received a 46-month prison sentence on Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle for a separate crime involving the illegal possession of a firearm.
The Des Moines-based restaurant Scotch and Vine is expected to open this spring at the city of Kent-owned Riverbend Golf Complex.
Police arrested a man for investigation of possession of drug paraphernalia after he tried to take a glass pipe and a baggie with a white substance through security at Kent Municipal Court.
