A trial date for a former Kent-Meridian High School teacher and track coach charged with communication with a minor for immoral purposes has been continued to Feb. 5.
State Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines, is one of the sponsors of House Bill 1504 to repeal the death penalty in Washington in favor of a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of release or parole.
A 23-year-old Renton man pleaded not guilty Monday to third-degree assault for reportedly punching and head butting a Seattle Police detective outside a courtroom Jan. 14 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
Kent firefighter Art Weichbrodt will have plenty of motivation when he runs up 69 flights of stairs at the Columbia Center skyscraper in Seattle in full fire gear and a self contained breathing apparatus.
Steve Strachan, former Kent Police chief and King County Sheriff, is one of five finalists to be the new Bremerton police chief.
A man injured after he lost control of his pickup truck in Kent and crashed into a tree has died.
Kent city leaders are looking at whether to adopt new civility laws to help reduce behavior problems by the homeless near downtown parks and the library.
Fifty-three homeless people were counted in Kent during the 33rd annual One Night Count in King County during the early hours of Friday, Jan. 25.
State Sen. Karen Keiser-D, Kent, has introduced a Family Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI) bill that promotes the health and well-being of children, seniors and working families.
A man suffered life-threatening injuries after he lost control of his pickup truck, hit another vehicle and then struck a tree at high speed at about 9 a.m. Thursday in the 23800 block of 64th Avenue South.
The King County Flood Control District Executive Committee expects to decide within two weeks whether to choose the city of Kent or King County plan to spend millions of dollars to repair a 2.7-mile stretch of a Green River levee to improve flood protection and reduce insurance costs to businesses.
A 43-year-old Shoreline man, who was arrested last year in Kent for promoting prostitution, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 10 years in prison for interstate transportation of a 22-year-old woman for purposes of prostitution.
A 16-year-old Kent boy pleaded guilty last week to two counts of first-degree rape for attacks in 2011 near Kent-Kangley Road and was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison with a possibility of life in prison.
The Harlem Globetrotters return to Kent with their dazzling basketball and entertainment skills for two shows on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the ShoWare Center.
A Kent-based domestic violence visitation and exchange center that served clients for seven years remains closed with little chance of reopening because of a lack of funding.
If as many as 18 or more coal trains per day start rolling through Kent, city officials want to try to reduce the impact to residents, businesses and the environment.
The city of Kent plans to lobby hard to keep the Legislature from taking away state-shared revenue despite the state's budget struggles.
The owner of a Seattle medical marijuana dispensary that billed itself as a ‘cooperative’ when it really was just a for profit drug dealing enterprise, was sentenced Friday to six years in prison.
The Washington State Liquor Control Board will host a public forum Thursday, Jan. 24 in Seattle regarding the implementation of Initiative 502 to allow recreational use of marijuana.
A Des Moines man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography.
