"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.
A former teacher in the Kent and Renton school districts pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor for having sexual conduct with a 17-year-old male student in June when she was a teacher at Garfield High School in Seattle.
If America doesn't know about the singing abilities of Kent's Stefano Langone, they know him now.
The former Kentwood High School student nailed Simply Red's version of "If You Don't Know Me by Now" on "American Idol" Wednesday night.
Kent's Stefano Langone and the rest of the "American Idol" final 12 contestants will sing songs from the year they were born on Wednesday night's show on Fox.
The Rainier Chorale was one of seven groups that received a total of $8,450 in February from the Kent Arts Commission for 2011 projects.
King County prosecutors have charged a 41-year-old man with first-degree theft in connection with allegedly conning $2.3 million from a Kent businessman.
The Oregon man charged with first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of a Kent city employee was extradited Thursday to Washington.
William L. Phillip Jr., 30, of Portland, was booked for first-degree murder Thursday into the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, according to King County jail records. He is being held on $1 million bail.
"American Idol" judges voiced their support for Kent's Stefano Langone on the Wednesday night show. Langone found out Thursday night he also had support of the votes by viewers to advance him to the top 12.
