Steve Hunter

A Seattle Mist defender pursues a Los Angeles Temptation running back during a Lingerie Football League game last season in Kent.

Lingerie Football League plans to expand to Canada, Australia and Europe

The Kent-based Seattle Mist could have a chance to play in the women's Lingerie Football League's first World Bowl in 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

A Seattle Mist defender pursues a Los Angeles Temptation running back during a Lingerie Football League game last season in Kent.
Kent Police search through Suzie Q's and Sun Leaf Medial Center to collect evidence for medicinal marijuana Wednesday

Kent Police serve warrants at four medical marijuana businesses

Kent Police served search warrants at four medical marijuana businesses Wednesday afternoon.

Kent Police search through Suzie Q's and Sun Leaf Medial Center to collect evidence for medicinal marijuana Wednesday
Chuck and Nancy Simpson pose in the garden in their Panther Lake home

Old Timers King and Queen chosen for 2011 Kent Cornucopia Days

Chuck and Nancy Simpson are proud to be the Old Timers King and Queen for the 2011 Kent Cornucopia Days except for one thing.

Chuck and Nancy Simpson pose in the garden in their Panther Lake home
Crews work Wednesday to stabilize a hillside along Central Avenue in Kent after a Tuesday night landslide brought down trees and dirt and closed Central near Willis Street.

Landslide in downtown Kent brings tree onto road disrupting traffic | Update

Streets could be closed until late Wednesday night or even Thursday after a landslide took out trees and knocked down power lines at about 10 p.m. Tuesday on Central Avenue South in Kent between Willis and Saar streets.

Crews work Wednesday to stabilize a hillside along Central Avenue in Kent after a Tuesday night landslide brought down trees and dirt and closed Central near Willis Street.
Venoy Overton

Ex-UW basketball player Venoy Overton released from jail in Kent after posting bail

Venoy Overton posted bail Thursday and is out of custody as he faces a charge of second-degree promoting prostitution in connection with an 18-year-old woman who he allegedly drove to Pacific Highway in Kent to engage in prostitution.

Venoy Overton

Kent man who died in 2009 saving boy from drowning in Oregon named hero by Carnegie commission

A Kent man who died two years ago on the Fourth of July as he rescued a boy in the Columbia River in Oregon was named Thursday as a recipient of a Carnegie Medal for his life-saving effort.

Kelli Sheldon

Three to contend for Kent’s Miss Cornucopia title

Kelli Sheldon, Danielle Taylor and Tina Chen are the finalists for the 2011 Miss Cornucopia title at the Kent Cornucopia Days July 7-10 in downtown Kent.

Kelli Sheldon
Venoy Overton enters a plea of not guilty to a charge of promoting prostitution

Ex-University of Washington basketball player Venoy Overton pleads not guilty to promoting prostitution in Kent

Venoy Overton pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of second-degree promoting prostitution in connection with an 18-year-old woman who he allegedly drove to Pacific Highway in Kent to earn money through sex with men customers.

Venoy Overton enters a plea of not guilty to a charge of promoting prostitution
Rob Hansen owns Bayview Limousine Service in Tukwila.

Kent-Meridian grad finds the road out of a disability

Just 19 years old, Rob Hansen had no idea what he would do for work after he broke his neck in a professional motocross racing accident in 1987 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Hansen, now president and chief executive officer of Bayview Limousine Service in Tukwila, anticipated a long career in motocross racing until he crashed going over a hill during a race in Richland.

Rob Hansen owns Bayview Limousine Service in Tukwila.
Ladies of the Lake hit the water to train Tuesday

Kent dragon boats competed in Taiwan and will be racing during Cornucopia Days

Chris Salzer and Patty Sikora watched from their Kent dragon boat as young children lined the shores of the Love River in Kaohsiung, Taiwan during a practice run. Then they heard the chant. “Pad-dle, pad-dle, pad-dle,” the children yelled.

Ladies of the Lake hit the water to train Tuesday
This 2007 Toyota Tundra ended up totaled after a June 17 crash on Interstate 5 with a car driven by a 14-year-old Kent boy. The driver of the pickup suffered a back injury. The boy was not injured.

Accident victim of 14-year-old Kent driver hopes boy ‘learns a lesson’

Jake Ehrensperger hopes the 14-year-old Kent driver who struck his pickup recently on Interstate 5 in Tukwila learns a lesson.

This 2007 Toyota Tundra ended up totaled after a June 17 crash on Interstate 5 with a car driven by a 14-year-old Kent boy. The driver of the pickup suffered a back injury. The boy was not injured.
Dennis A. Duman

Pierce County transient charged with child molestation in Kent

King County prosecutors have charged a 69-year-old Pierce County transient and registered sex offender with first-degree child molestation in connection with incidents last year with a then 4-year-old girl in Kent.

Dennis A. Duman

Auburn motorcyclist dies from injuries suffered in Kent crash near Lake Meridian Park | Medical examiner identifies man

A 74-year-old Auburn man died Sunday from injuries after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a jeep at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday near Lake Meridian Park on Kent's East Hill.

Kent pair arrested for investigation of Social Security fraud

A Kent man and woman were arrested Friday for investigation of Social Security fraud and theft of government funds as part of a bust of nine people in Western Washington, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Kent man dies from injuries suffered in Auburn motorcycle-vehicle crash

A 31-year-old Kent man died from injuries suffered after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle Tuesday evening in the 4200 block of Auburn Way North in Auburn.

One man pleads not guilty, other man fails to appear on Kent Office Depot warehouse theft charges

A 30-year-old Federal Way man failed to appear in King County Superior Court Thursday in Kent to face charges of seven counts of first-degree trafficking in stolen property for allegedly taking more than $1 million worth of items from the Office Depot warehouse in Kent.

House fire displaces one in Kent’s Panther Lake area

A house fire at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 20000 block of 106th Avenue Southeast in the Panther Lake area of Kent left one man displaced.

State liquor stores will expand operating hours starting July 1

State liquor stores, including 4 in Kent, to expand hours starting July 1

All state liquor stores, including the four in Kent, will have the same operating hours and as well as expanded hours starting July 1.

State liquor stores will expand operating hours starting July 1

Kent officer uses Taser to stop man who ran while being handcuffed | Police Blotter

Kent Police fired a Taser to stop a man and arrested him for investigation of obstructing a police officer after he allegedly ran from an officer who tried to handcuff him.

Rescue in Green River called off when women found safe onshore

Two women who were reported by a witness to have disappeared in the Green River while riding inner tubes Tuesday afternoon near the 14400 block of the Southeast Green Valley Road in Auburn were found safe onshore.