Kent Police arrested 57 people for investigation of driving under the influence during the holiday Drive Hammered, Get Nailed statewide campaign from Nov. 25 through Jan. 2.
Four men from police departments in California, Cheney, Kent and Tukwila have been picked as finalists to replace Steve Strachan as the new Kent Police chief.
See the sign. Buy a ticket.
That's one of the results Colin Campbell expects from the new ShoWare Center marquee as it daily displays constant messages about upcoming Seattle Thunderbirds hockey games and other events at the Kent arena.
The 47th District voters have sent two rookie legislators to Olympia for the biennial session beginning Monday and both share the optimism and trepidation of first-time lawmakers.
The 47th followed much of the rest of the county in the November general election, replacing two incumbent Democrats with Republicans.
Joe Fain will be sworn in as the senator of the 47th on the first day of the session. He replaces Claudia Kauffman. Mark Hargrove of Covington will be taking over the House Position No. 1. He defeated Geoff Simpson in the general election.
An 11-year-old Kent boy and a 63-year-old Renton man were injured Wednesday in separate car accidents on the East Hill.
A south King County man who is being investigated in the shooting death of former Kentridge High school athlete Devin Topps pleaded not guilty Wednesday to unlawful possession of a firearm and several other charges.
The man allegedly connected with the Dec. 21 death of a 45-year-old Kent woman remained at large Wednesday.
A 2007 shooting at Denny’s Restaurant in Kent is culminating in a $79.5 million lawsuit and the subpoenaing of the company’s top brass to a Seattle courtroom.
In the trial, which starts Monday, Seattle attorney Ron Perey is representing Steve Tolenoa, a Kent resident who was left a quadriplegic as a result of the Jan. 21 shooting spree. In addition to the $79 million for Tolenoa’s estimated loss in pay and continued medical needs, Perey also is seeking $530,000 in damages for customer Lisa Beltran-Walker, who was shot in the knee, and her husband Carl Walker, for emotional distress and medical bills.
Although a company spokesperson said Wednesday the company doesn’t comment on pending litigation, Denny’s is making the following assertions in its legal filings:
• That the shooting was a random act of violence “and we can’t control random acts of violence,” according to company CEO Debra Smithart-Oglesby in a videotaped deposition, which is summarized in a transcript, and actually included as an exhibit in Perey’s legal filing. “What we do is put together processes, procedures, programs that are intended to contribute to the safety and security of our guests as well as our employees.”
Indoor Football League commissioner Tommy Benizio said he remained "very optimistic" that the Kent Predators would return for a second season in February.
League officials are expected to decide by Friday whether to approve an ownership change that would keep the Kent franchise alive. The Predators are scheduled to open the season Feb. 25 at the ShoWare Center.
A 43-year-old Kent woman was killed New Year's Eve in Southern California when she tried to walk across Interstate 5 and was hit by at least one car.
The Kent Police Community Education Unit will offer a Block Watch 101 class from 6:30-8 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Kent City Hall Council Chambers, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
City of Kent road advisory as of 10:47 a.m. Jan. 3:
Due to icy conditions on these steep neigborhood streets, 42nd Avenue South is closed to general traffic from S 262nd Street to Hampton Way and 46th Avenue South is closed from South 262nd Street to Carnaby Way. They will be re-opened as soon as they can be cleared for safe travel.
At 4:30 p.m. Jan. 2, sisters Ashley and Allysa Swanson went home with their new cat, named Patty. Patty was the first adopted pet of the New Year from the Kent animal shelter, according to a Regional Animal Services of King County media release.
A driver of a 1997 Acura Integra fired several shots at a red sports utility vehicle during a chase that started Jan. 2 in White Center and ended along southbound Interstate 5 near the Kent-Des Moines Road when King County Sheriff's Office deputies lost sight of the Acura.
Boy Scout troops will collect and recycle Christmas trees 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 8 in Kent neighborhoods for a $5 donation.
A Kent Fire investigator is looking into the cause of a house fire which took place at 1:12 p.m. Dec. 31, in the 23000 block of 112th Place Southeast on Kent’s East Hill.
Kent firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the flames in the attached garage of the two-story, single-family residence.
Lakewood Police are still trying to find the three Pierce County men who disappeared after they were last seen Dec. 12 at a Kent apartment complex.
A Washington State Patrol trooper sustained minor injuries after his car collided with another vehicle at about 10 p.m. Dec. 29 along Highway 167 near the Central Avenue exit in Kent.
The city of Kent is opening its severe weather shelter for the homeless the nights of Dec. 30 through Jan. 2 at Kent Lutheran Church due to predicted dangerously low temperatures.
