The man allegedly connected with the Dec. 21 death of a 45-year-old Kent woman remained at large Wednesday.
Indoor Football League commissioner Tommy Benizio said he remained "very optimistic" that the Kent Predators would return for a second season in February.
League officials are expected to decide by Friday whether to approve an ownership change that would keep the Kent franchise alive. The Predators are scheduled to open the season Feb. 25 at the ShoWare Center.
Tonya Goodwillie realizes just how long she's been teaching dance in Kent because some of her students are the children of former students.
"They are in their 20s and having kids and bring their kids here," said Goodwillie during an interview Monday at the Allegro Performing Arts Academy along Central Avenue South.
The Kent Predators of the professional Indoor Football League are looking for a new owner after a deal to sell the team to the Michael Tuckman-led West Coast Sports collapsed just two months before the start of the 2011 season.
The Predators also need a new coach. Heron O'Neal has resigned as coach just a month after a Nov. 18 press conference at the ShoWare Center that announced him as the new coach and Tuckman as team president.
It will take at least another four to six weeks before the Portland man arrested Dec. 10 in connection with the killing of a Kent city employee is brought to Washington to face a murder charge.
A 20-year-old man, who Kent Police are investigating in connection with the shooting death of former Kentridge High school standout Devin Topps, was charged Dec. 23 by King County prosecutors with first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
Jorge Luis Lizarraga, who had been living in a Des Moines motel over the last few weeks, remained Dec. 27 in the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center jail in lieu of $750,000 bail.
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke hopes to hire a new police chief to replace outgoing Chief Steve Strachan within the next couple of months.
Deputy chief Mike Painter will serve as interim chief starting Jan. 3 until a replacement is hired.
Steve Strachan’s work during his 4 1/2 years as Kent Police chief came into perspective for him one morning last week, when he read a department e-mail about a prior day’s arrest.
“Two patrol officers doing diligent work put a gang member pimping juvenile girls into jail,” Strachan recalled, during a Dec. 17 interview at his office. “The (three-month long) case started because two patrol officers got information and ran with it.”
Saqra Raybuck promises a whole lot of belly dancing on New Year's Eve in Kent.
Raybuck, a longtime belly dance instructor and performer, has organized a New Year's Eve Party from 6-9 p.m. Dec. 31 at Jimmy T's Sports Bar and Grill, 23803 104th Ave. S.E.
A 32-year-old Renton man was sentenced Thursday to 4 1/2 years in prison on two counts of vehicular homicide for the deaths of two Des Moines women Aug. 24 in a three-car accident in Kent.
It will take at least another four to six weeks before the Portland man arrested Dec. 10 in connection with the killing of a Kent city employee is brought to Washington to face a murder charge.
William L. Phillip Jr., 30, refused to waive extradition at a Dec. 21 hearing in Portland, according to Ian Goodhew, deputy chief of staff for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Kent Police are investigating a 23-year-old Federal Way man for vehicular homicide in connection with a single-car crash Dec. 17 on the East Hill that killed a 32-year-old Kent man, one of his four passengers.
Kent Police found a 45-year-old Kent woman dead Tuesday in her East Hill apartment from a "violent homicidal death."
Police responded to a call at about 10:22 a.m. Tuesday from a friend of the woman about a suspicious death at an apartment at the Village at Lake Meridian Apartments, 25811 110th Ave. S.E.
The Kent City Council has approved a $66,000 per year contract with Doug Levy to serve as a state lobbyist for the city in 2011.
Levy has received an annual consulting services agreement from the city each year since 2000. The Council approved the contract Dec. 14.
Bob Bonaci decided to rent a ShoWare Center suite for this year's company Christmas party so his employees can attend the Michael W. Smith concert.
Smith, one of the best-selling artists in Christian contemporary music, headlines the "It's a Wonderful Christmas Tour" concert at 6 p.m. Dec. 19 in Kent.
The Green River levees and the Howard Hanson Dam had no trouble this past weekend handling the deluge of the winter’s first major Pineapple Express weather system.
The cities of Kent, Auburn, Tukwila and Renton escaped any major Green River flooding despite the more than 2 inches of rain that fell Sunday.
A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder for the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy two years ago inside the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila.
Richard Frankel reaches the same conclusion whenever he tries to cope with his son's murder.
"It doesn't make any sense," Frankel said during a Monday phone interview from his Hawaii home. "You never expect your child to die before you, especially something so sudden.
"Even now, it's hard to believe it happened."
Kent Police arrested a 34-year-old man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief after he allegedly punched his girlfriend as well as kicked and dented her 2000 Mercedes Benz 230 after a dispute at a Kent bar.
Kent Police report they're continuing to see a steady monthly rate of vehicle thefts and prowls. Thieves stole 709 vehicles in Kent from January through November of this year. But car owners can take steps to help prevent vehicle theft and prowls.
