Jumpstart's Read for the Record, presented in partnership with the Pearson Foundation, comes to Kent's Bright Horizons at Centerpoint on Oct. 4.
Jonathan Hanson of Kent-Meridian; Kyle Owsen and Michael Raybuck of Kentlake; and James Dugan, Timothy Ie, Emily Sanford; Karanbir Singh and Jeannette L. Yu of Kentridge were named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Family, friends, civic and community leaders joined the South King County Genealogical Society (SKCGS) in dedicating replacement markers for four Civil War veterans at a ceremony Sept. 6 at Saar Pioneer Cemetery in Kent.
King County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested a man suspected of robbing banks in Kent, Maple Valley and Des Moines.
Residents can learn how to start up a Block Watch program at a class led by the Kent Police.
Kent's sixth annual First Avenue Block Party runs 4-8 p.m. Friday in downtown Kent, between Gowe and Titus streets.
Kent Police cited two people for investigation of illegal camping at an East Hill park after the pair refused to leave and littered the area with human feces, toilet paper, beer cans and other items.
Find out about crime stats, trends and other current events from Kent Police Chief Kent Thomas and other members of the police department at a Community Meeting.
The Kent City Council approved a $43,730 contract with a consultant to find ways to save money in the city budget.
Weight Watchers hosts a Lose For Good Open House event 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 at its Kent Hill Plaza location, 25824 104th Ave. S.
Crews expect to remove the final giant sandbags this week from along the Green River levees in Kent.
An airplane part fell Friday morning in Kent in the middle of the street along Southeast 231st Way near 128th Place Southeast on the East Hill.
Residents are invited to testify in front of the Kent City Council about the 2013-14 biennial budget and the 2013-18 capital improvement plan.
Even two years before a car struck and killed one of their Kent neighbors two weeks ago, Matt and Allison Richner reached out to city officials to do something about the speeding vehicles along Southeast 223rd Drive.
An 18-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty to a vehicular homicide charge in connection with the death Aug. 22 of a 55-year-old Kent motorcyclist in the Panther Lake area.
As photos and videos of his thunderous, smoke-spewing dragster flashed across a screen in a darkened room, Jerry Ruth picked up the mic and tried to put his past into perspective.
It's a show of color and an opportunity for the gay and lesbian community.
The following local students from the Kent area recently graduated from Seattle Pacific University.
A letter from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration threatening to shut down a Kent medical marijuana store because it's too near a school persuaded owner Charles Lambert to close the business.
SuperValu Inc. will close the only Albertsons store in Kent and one of two in Auburn as part of a shut down of 27 stores in Southern California, Oregon and Washington.
