Kent City Councilman Les Thomas said each time he goes for early morning coffee in downtown Kent he sees a group of about eight to 10 men standing around the Rotary ball fountain at Town Square Plaza.
A former Kent-Meridian High School teacher and track coach received a five-day jail sentence Friday in King County Superior Court for communication with a minor for immoral purposes.
The murder trial has been continued again for the Oregon man charged with first-degree murder for the 2010 stabbing death of Seth Frankel, a city of Kent employee and Auburn resident.
The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office filed 43 fewer felony cases in 2012 than in 2011.
A vote is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 26 by the King County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors about whether to approve a city of Kent plan to repair a Green River levee to improve flood protection and reduce insurance rates.
The city of Kent might install cameras in the fall to catch speeders of more than 20 mph at as many as three school zones.
A trial date has been continued to May 1 for a 22-year-old man charged with second-degree murder with a firearm enhancement in connection with the 2010 shooting death of Devin Topps, a former Kentridge High School student-athlete, at a Halloween party.
A Kent man died in a fire Tuesday morning at the Sunset Motel, 25006 Pacific Highway S.
Kent Police are asking for help to identify a man wanted for the robbery of a Key Bank branch in the Panther Lake area.
A jury found a former Mount Rainier High School volleyball coach guilty of third-degree attempted rape of a child and communication with a minor for immoral purposes in connection with a girl the man met at Lake Meridian Park in Kent.
With the economy starting to pick up, the first cottage-housing development in Kent keeps moving closer to reality.
A two-time, Grammy-award winning artist, Bill Harley uses song and story to paint a vibrant picture of growing up, parenting and family life.
City of Kent Councilwoman Jamie Perry was elected to the 2013 Executive Committee of the Sound Cities Association (SCA), which represents 35 cities in King County and provides a regional voice for nearly one million people.
A Montana man charged in the 1996 cold case murder of a Kirkland woman who worked in Kent pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder Thursday in King County Superior Court in Seattle.
The Brigham Young University Young Ambassadors will perform Harmony, The Music of Life, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27 at the Kentwood Performing Arts Center in Covington.
A 22-year-old Kent man could be sentenced in March to more than 50 years in prison after a jury convicted him of three counts of first-degree attempted murder for stabbing three women in 2011 in Des Moines.
Kent firefighters battled and contained a house fire at about 3 p.m. Tuesday in the 20200 block of 140th Place Southeast.
A controversial Green River levee repair that just a week earlier had split the Kent City Council ended up with unanimous approval Monday of the city staff's proposal.
A former Kent-Meridian High School teacher and track coach pleaded guilty to communication with a minor for immoral purposes and is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 22.
Tons of fun are in the works for kids of all ages at Kent's upcoming You Me We event from 6-9 p.m. Friday, March 1 at the ShoWare Center, 625 W. James Street.
