Kent's Stefano Langone appeared to be as shocked as anyone when "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest announced Thursday night on Fox that Pia Toscano had been eliminated from the show based on votes by viewers.
Kent's Stefano Langone performed a rendition of "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge Wednesday night on "American Idol" with a chance to move on to the elite eight among contestants.
King County prosecutors have charged a 29-year-old man with communication with a minor for immoral purposes of a sexual nature after he allegedly exchanged naked photos with a 14-year-old Kent boy.
Kent Police arrested two women on prostitution charges April 2 at a Kent hotel after undercover officers responded to an ad offering escort services.
Take a few minutes to visit with camera collector Bob Kelly and it's easy to understand why a friend refers to him as "The Argus King."
Kelly, who will participate in the 31st annual Puget Sound Photographic Collectors Society sale and show 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at Kent Commons, collects Argus cameras, sales brochures, user guides and other company documents.
King County prosecutors have charged a 32-year-old inmate with one count of first-degree assault and four counts of third-degree assault for when he allegedly fought five county corrections officers in January at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
Casey Calamusa, of Kent, stopped to notice the walls posted with names at an emergency evacuation center in Tome, Japan, just days after the earthquake and tsunami struck the country.
People had posted names on the center's walls of relatives they had yet to hear from since the disaster.
"American Idol" viewers disagreed with a couple of the show's critics who predicted Kent's Stefano Langone could be sent home Thursday night. The voters advanced Langone into next week's top nine.
King County prosecutors filed second-degree murder charges Thursday against a 20-year-old man in connection with the shooting death of Devin Topps last Halloween at a party in Kent.
King County prosecutors have charged a 45-year-old Kent man with felony DUI after a Washington State Patrol trooper pulled him over for investigation of drunk driving March 19, just 17 days after he was sentenced for an earlier DUI in 2010.
Kent School District parents and teachers told the Kent School Board Tuesday night to save elementary music and physical education programs and find somewhere else to cut the 2011-2012 budget by $6 million.
Ernie Langone wrote special music for Stefano Langone when he started to teach him to play the piano at age 6 because he couldn't reach certain keys.
"His hands were not big enough to play an octave," said Ernie Langone, of Kent, during a phone interview last week about his son, a finalist on "American Idol."
The three men found March 10 in a plant nursery near Kent were identified Friday by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office as the three missing Pierce County men.
All three died from gunshot wounds, according to the Medical Examiner's Office.
"American Idol" viewers found out Thursday night that Kent's Stefano Langone advanced to the top 10 and a spot on the summer tour.
Barb Drumheller lives in the Country Club Village neighborhood on Kent's East Hill where people know each other's names and help each other.
Many have been neighbors since they bought new houses in the area in the 1990s. So after Drumheller lost her husband Ed Drumheller to cancer in 2006, the neighborhood decided to join for the first time in the Relay for Life of Kent, the annual June event that raises money for the American Cancer Society.
Kent's Stefano Langone will sing a Motown hit as one of the 11 "American Idol" finalists Wednesday night on Fox.
The identities and manner of death of the three sets of human remains found March 10 at a nursery near Kent remained under investigation Monday by the King County Medical Examiner's Office.
A 30-year-old Oregon man pleaded not guilty Monday to a first-degree murder charge in connection with the May 21 stabbing death of Seth Frankel, a Kent city employee.
Melinda Doolittle credits "American Idol" for launching her R&B singing career.
Doolittle, who finished third on season six of the Fox show in 2007, performs at 7:30 p.m. March 25 at the Kentwood High School Performing Arts Center in Covington. The concert concludes the 2010-2011 city of Kent Spotlight Series.
When Kent city officials want results from the Legislature in Olympia, they turn to Doug Levy, their paid lobbyist.
Levy works as a lobbyist for Kent and five other cities under year-to-year contracts. He's getting paid $66,000 in 2011 by Kent to identify key issues, monitor legislation and assist with state funding for city projects.
