Former Kentlake High School math teacher Barbara Jeanne Anderson was sentenced to eight months in jail for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor, according to King County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Dan Donahoe.
The Kent Police will receive a $66,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to fund ballistic shields for officers as well as upgraded security cameras for the city jail and the Panther Lake police substation.
An inmate in the custody of the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention died overnight, at the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle, according to a release from the county.
Residents can voice their opinions to the Kent City Council about priorities for the 2012 budget at a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
Facebook and cell phones are the communication vehicles of today’s teenagers.
A total of 106 events in Kent were part of the city's 28th annual National Night Out.
Kent City Historian Jack Becvar will present, “History of Kent Aviation,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 15 at the Kent Historical Museum. Admission is $10 for museum members, $13 for nonmembers and free for students, and includes dessert, coffee and tea. Space is limited; reservations are required.
The financial challenges continue for the Lucy Lopez Community Center in Kent.
The trial date was continued Friday to Nov. 7 for Shacon Fontane Barbee, the Seattle man charged with promoting prostitution, leading organized crime, promoting sexual abuse of a minor and other charges.
The ShoWare Center in Kent will host a men's college basketball game when Seattle University plays Evergreen State at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28.
Principal Wade Barringer expects the soon-to-be completed Kent-Meridian High School gym to "be one of the best gym complexes in the state."
A new technology allows detectives throughout King County to match palm prints to suspects to help solve crimes.
Kent schools will have the option to use a prerecorded message by the Kent Police in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks during morning announcements Friday, Sept. 9 or Monday, Sept. 12.
A court hearing has been continued to Oct. 4 to determine a possible trial date for the Oregon man charged with the first-degree murder in May 2010 of Seth Frankel, a Kent city employee.
Ramsey Arteaga brought a message Tuesday to the Kent City Council, in verse.
Arteaga, a recent graduate of Kent-Meridian High School with plans to attend Green River Community College, recited a poem he wrote concerning drug abuse.
Kent Police are still trying to develop leads into who and why someone shot and killed a 27-year-old Kent man Aug. 19 outside of his apartment.
There's reportedly plenty of money in promoting prostitution in Kent and the Seattle area, according to charging documents filed against a 32-year-old Seattle man.
King County Executive Dow Constantine today ordered an inquest into the shooting death of Jedidiah Waters in a Walmart parking lot by a Federal Way police officer on July 21.
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg recommended the inquest after his office reviewed materials from the Kent Police Department, which conducted the investigation at the request of Federal Way Police.
Three Seattle-area men believed responsible for more than half a million dollars in ‘skimming’ theft from cash machines have been arrested and face federal charges.
The annual Wine, Women and Wow! event featuring Northwest wines, shopping, free pampering and the ManCave is from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
