A 2-year-old boy remained in serious condition Thursday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after falling Wednesday morning from a second-story window at a Kent home in the 11700 block of Southeast 268th Street on the East Hill.
The Washington state Senate approved a bill Feb. 9 that could help as many as several hundred businesses in Kent, Auburn, Tukwila and Renton obtain hard-to-find supplemental flood insurance.
The Roger Newton Model Radio-Controlled Hydroplane show runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13 at the museum, located at 5917 S. 196th St.
Racers will display more than 60 scale models of unlimited hydroplanes during the second-annual show, which will include gas- and electric-powered boats.
Malicious mischief
Kent Police cited a 24-year-old man for investigation of third-degree malicious mischief Jan. 20 after he reportedly broke a mirror and punched holes in the walls of his girlfriend's apartment.
The incident occurred 1:38 a.m. at an apartment in the 10700 block of Southeast 256th Street.
The state Liquor Control Board reduced a $500 fine to $300 against the ShoWare Center operators after eight vendors were caught selling alcohol to minors.
A Kent man and a Renton man each pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in Kent to first-degree robbery charges in connection with an alleged drug deal that went bad Jan. 15 near a Kent apartment complex.
Kent city staff told the City Council Tuesday that a small work group of King County and city officials from throughout the county expect to have a recommendation by March 31 regarding a new regional model for animal control and sheltering.
Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke couldn't say goodbye quickly enough to 2009, during her fifth-annual State of the City Address at the Kent Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday at the ShoWare Center.
The International Guitar Night tour has gone even better than expected for Brian Gore.
“This is my 10th tour and it really is truly the best one yet,” Gore said in a phone interview Friday prior to a concert in Helena, Mont.
Gore, the founder of International Guitar Night, joins Stephen Bennett, Itamar Erez and Lulo Reinhardt for a concert 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center, 10020 S.E. 256th St.
A 47-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty Jan. 25 in King County Superior Court in Kent to first-degree rape and first-degree kidnapping of a 14-year-old Federal Way girl.
A 17-year-old Kent teenager pleaded not guilty Jan. 28 to first-degree malicious mischief in connection with an attack of a Metro bus driver Jan. 23 in Tukwila.
If ShoWare Center officials can book at least seven major concerts in 2010, they expect the Kent arena to lose less money in 2010 than it did in 2009.
King County prosecutors on Jan. 25 charged a 39-year-old Kent man with one count each of first-degree assault and first-degree robbery for allegedly stabbing a woman and threatening to rape her outside the Muckleshoot Bingo Hall Jan. 19 in Auburn. He also reportedly attempted to run over a witness.
A police bomb squad determined that a report of a suspicious package Friday morning outside of a downtown Kent bank turned out to be an empty box.
The Kent Predators are close to finding 45 players to invite to the new professional indoor football team's training camp in two weeks.
Kent makes its home debut in the Indoor Football League March 12 against the Fairbanks Grizzlies at the ShoWare Center. The Predators open the season Feb. 28 at Billings, Mont.
Planning has started between King County and city officials throughout the county to develop a new regional model for animal control and sheltering.
Cirque Sublime began about 13 years ago as just a small, local circus performance company in Toronto.
A new franchise fee or tax on garbage haulers might be a method the Kent City Council could use to help pay for city street maintenance.
The ShoWare Center was the place to be Saturday night in Kent.
A ShoWare record-setting sellout crowd of 6,151 watched the rival Portland Winterhawks beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-1 in a Western Hockey League game.
Jesse Highley takes his stage role as the space ranger Buzz Lightyear very seriously. But he also has a lot of fun with it.