Steve Hunter

03/12/10 Grizzlies Quarterback Matt Bassoenor gets crushed into the dasher boards by Predators John Fields

Fairbanks flips Kent 57-42 in pro indoor football opener at ShoWare; VIDEO

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.

03/12/10 Grizzlies Quarterback Matt Bassoenor gets crushed into the dasher boards by Predators John Fields
Kent resident Dennis Kent displays a fire truck

Find your inner kid at Kent toy show

Dennis Kent just can't put out that burning desire to collect toy fire trucks.

Kent resident Dennis Kent displays a fire truck

Kent Council committee keeps Panther Lake casino in the chips

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.

03/12/10 Grizzlies' Noah Harris and Predators' Andre Jordan get violent after an alleged pass interferences in the home opener Friday

Kent coach cries foul over Predator players

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.

03/12/10 Grizzlies' Noah Harris and Predators' Andre Jordan get violent after an alleged pass interferences in the home opener Friday
Kent Predators’ quarterback Charles McCullum tries to scramble by a teammate during a warmup drill at Kent Memorial Park on Thursday

Ready for some football? Kent Predators taking it home tonight

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.

Kent Predators’ quarterback Charles McCullum tries to scramble by a teammate during a warmup drill at Kent Memorial Park on Thursday

Kent city committee to determine Panther Lake casino’s fate

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.

Kent Predators’ quarterback Charles McCullum tries to scramble by a teammate during a March 4 practice at Kent Memorial Park.

Ready for some football? Kent Predators play first home game Friday night at ShoWare

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.

Kent Predators’ quarterback Charles McCullum tries to scramble by a teammate during a March 4 practice at Kent Memorial Park.

Tasered man chews, licks dart; man smacks brother in the head with baseball bat | Kent Police Blotter

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.

Kent Police Education Specialist Sara Wood works with officers to combat graffiti through organized cleanups and provides property crime-prevention tips to local businesses.

Kent’s Sara Wood the queen of the graffiti paint-over

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.

Kent Police Education Specialist Sara Wood works with officers to combat graffiti through organized cleanups and provides property crime-prevention tips to local businesses.
Douglas B. McGregor enters a plea of not guilty Monday in King County Superior Court in Kent to a charge of second-degree rape of a female resident at a Kent assisted-living facility.

Auburn man pleads not guilty to rape charge at Kent assisted-living facility

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.

Douglas B. McGregor enters a plea of not guilty Monday in King County Superior Court in Kent to a charge of second-degree rape of a female resident at a Kent assisted-living facility.

City to consider whether to allow casino to stay open

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.

Ex-Kent Police Chief Skewes dies

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.

Kent Predators aim for victory in Alaska after losing indoor football opener

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.

Mike Prattum

Yarrow Bay development hearing in Kent draws fire from critics

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.

Mike Prattum
Donnie MacDonald

Get early jump on St. Patrick’s Day at Men of Worth concert

The celebration of St. Patrick's Day starts early this year in Kent with a Men of Worth concert.

Donnie MacDonald

Kids Arts Day is March 6 in Kent

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.

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New policy could mean Army Corps of Engineers may pull thousands of trees from Green River levees

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.

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Man rips girlfriend’s braid out and punches her | Kent Police Blotter

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.

Worker at Kent dementia-care facility charged with second-degree rape

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.

Aaron Hasenoehrl talks to an inmate at the Kent Jail

Kent’s newest city staffer aims at keeping city jail population down

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.

Aaron Hasenoehrl talks to an inmate at the Kent Jail