The Kent Predators expect a few growing pains on the field and in the stands as they try to succeed as the new team and new sport in town.
Dennis Kent just can't put out that burning desire to collect toy fire trucks.
A Kent City Council committee voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend adoption by the full Council of a revised gambling ordinance to allow the Great American Casino to remain open when the city annexes the business and the rest of the Panther Lake area on July 1.
A Kent middle school football coach wants the Kent Predators pro Indoor Football League team to clean up its act and stop fighting opposing players during games at the ShoWare Center.
Fans will find out just what the professional Indoor Football League is all about when the Kent Predators make their debut Friday, March 12 at the ShoWare Center.
The Kent City Council’s Operations Committee will consider a resolution to approve a grandfather clause to allow the Great American Casino to remain in business after July 1 when the city annexes the casino and the rest of the Panther Lake area.
Fans will find out just what the professional Indoor Football League is all about when the Kent Predators make their debut Friday, March 12 at the ShoWare Center.
A man Tasered March 3 by Kent Police reportedly wasn't fazed by it, going so far as to pull the Taser dart out of his stomach, chewing and licking it a bit.
Thoughts of becoming a police officer once danced in the head of Sara Wood.
But Wood seems to have found an even better fit as a Kent Police public education specialist. She helps teach people how to prevent crime rather than arrest people for committing crimes.
A 35-year-old Auburn man pleaded not guilty Monday in King County Superior Court to a charge of second-degree rape of a 71-year-old woman at a Kent assisted-living facility where he worked as a certified nursing assistant.
The Kent City Council's Operations Committee will consider a resolution to approve a grandfather clause to allow the Great American Casino to remain in business after July 1 when the city annexes the casino and the rest of the Panther Lake area.
Former Kent Police Chief Jay B. Skewes died Feb. 21 in Sequim after a lengthy illness.
Skewes, 71, of Port Angeles, served as the Kent police chief from 1976-84, said Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke, who announced the death of Skewes at the March 2 City Council meeting.
Quarterback Charles McCullum, receiver Andre Jordan and kick returner Jarvious Dunn each had great debuts for the Kent Predators in their first professional Indoor Football League game.
About a half-dozen Auburn residents showed up at a public hearing March 3 before the Kent hearing examiner to oppose a revised application by a Kirkland developer for a proposed East Hill commercial development on the southern edge of Kent.
The celebration of St. Patrick's Day starts early this year in Kent with a Men of Worth concert.
Parents can take their children to try all types of hands-on projects at the 23rd annual Kids Arts Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 6 at Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N.
Thousands of trees might have to be removed along the Green River levees from Kent to Tukwila because of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft policy that states the roots of trees can damage the levees and need to be taken out, a Kent city official said.
Kent Police cited a 19-year-old man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and interfering with the reporting of a domestic-violence case after he reportedly attacked his girlfriend at 10:16 p.m. Feb. 19 at an apartment in the 25800 block of 110th Avenue Southeast.
King County prosecutors on Feb. 23 charged a 35-year-old Auburn man with second-degree rape for allegedly assaulting a 71-year-woman at a Kent dementia-care and assisted-living facility where he worked as a certified nursing assistant.
It's a numbers game for Aaron Hasenoehrl as the new Kent city jail-population manager.
Hasenoehrl just started the newly created job last week. City officials came up with the position in an effort to keep jail capacity at 80 inmates or lower.
