There's something about this time of year that brings out the best in Reilly Retz.
In last year's Class 4A state soccer playoffs, it was Retz who scored game-winning goals in Kentwood High's final two wins of the season, which led to a school-best third-place finish.
Tuesday afternoon at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane, Retz was up to her game-winning heroics once again.
An upcoming seminar at a Des Moines church will put the spotlight on suicide prevention in the gay, lesbian, transgendered and questioning youth community (a demographic also known by the acronym LGBTQ.)
Scheduled for 7-9 p.m. at the Saltwater Unitarian Universalist Church, the seminar will discuss how adults working with teens can better understand the factors putting these youth at a higher risk for suicide or self harm.
Army Reserve Pfc. Joshua J. Lasharr has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.
He is the son of Richard and Tammari Lasharr of Kent, and a 2010 Kentlake High School graduate.
A summary of Kentlake's newly elected Associated Student Body officers and class officers.
Kent-Meridian High School teachers Dianne Thompson and Michael Transier were selected to participate in the Climate Change Connections program, coordinated jointly by the National Wildlife Federation and NASA
Christmas is arriving early in Kent, as Valley View Christian Church prepares to serve as a collection point for Operation Christmas Child. Soon, with the help of local volunteers, the site will be brimming with festively wrapped shoe boxes full of gifts.
An updated overview of election results.
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A Kent man is facing multiple charges after allegedly breaking into a Seattle-area home last month and being subdued by the family residing there.
Tyler Thomas Price has been charged with first-degree burglary, unlawful firearm possession and a drug violation stemming from the case in the Fremont area. He also is charged with second-degree robbery for a Sept. 12 robbery involving the Washington Park Apartments in Kent, according to media reports.
A grease fire on a stove displaced two families Nov. 6 from a Kent apartment complex in the 22400 block of the Benson Road, also known as 108th Avenue Southeast.
Pet owners who fail to obtain pet licenses now face fines, and King County Regional Animal Services officers are providing additional patrols throughout Kent to enforce the new rules which went into effect Oct. 1.
The fines - $125 for a spayed or neutered pet; $250 for an unaltered pet - come along with changes in license fees, which help support the costs of providing animal care and control for Kent and 26 other cities.
Starting quarterback Charles McCullum plans to return next season to the Kent Predators of the professional Indoor Football League.
McCullum is one of more than a dozen players who recently signed with Kent. The Predators open their IFL second season Feb. 25 at the ShoWare Center.
A King County Superior Court jury in Kent found Edward Earl Cobb guilty Nov. 4 of first-degree murder for shooting a Renton teen in 2008 at a Kent fast-food restaurant.
Kent Police arrested a 30-year-old Kent man Nov. 4 for investigation of attempted murder and first-degree assault in connection with a Sept. 30 shooting that injured two men at a Panther Lake area apartment complex.
The men, a 38-year-old Renton man and a 37-year-old resident of the Country Squire Apartments, 10835 S.E. 200th St.
Kent Police chaplain Pat Ellis loves his job.
“I’ve been a chaplain for about 10 years for Kent Police and I’ve been with Kent Fire for about six years,” the affable former youth pastor recalled. “It’s very intense sometimes, and very stressful, but I really, really like helping people. It’s a really unique position to be in, to bring that comfort, care and compassion to people in trauma.”
Thanks to the late Kent Police officer Greg Duffin, Ellis had a special opportunity to do even more.
He helped Duffin, who was fighting cancer, in developing what eventually became the nonprofit Cops With Cancer organization.
For his efforts to help the police community and to bring the Kent community together to help, Ellis will be the recipient of a Rotary-Sunrise Service Above Self Award.
Along with five other recipients (including one couple), Ellis will receive the honor during the Rotary-Sunrise annual dinner auction 5:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Kent ShoWare Center.
Large catering dinners have started to bring a much-needed revenue boost to the ShoWare Center in Kent, but the city-owned arena continues to lose money during its second year of operation due to low attendance and a lack of events.
Ballots are still arriving in the mail at King County Elections, however most of the ballots postmarked by the Election Day deadline have been delivered, totaling more than 762,000.
King County Sheriff Sue Rahr likens her dilemma to operating a hospital.
With $7.2 million to pare from her agency’s budget next year, it will be like “eliminating all preventative care and operating only an emergency room,” she said.
Having already cut $10 million out of her budget in the last three years, Rahr said, “the cumulative effect is huge.”
As much as the political shakeup on the federal level seems under way on election night, so too are shakeups going down on the local level.
As of Tuesday night, two incumbents appeared to be losing to their challengers in the 47th district.
The Kentridge High School community will have a chance to say goodbye to one of its own next week.
A memorial service has been scheduled for Devin Topps, the former Kentridge athletic standout who died Oct. 31 after gunfire outside a house party in Kent. The service will take place 10 a.m. Nov. 11 at the New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Worship and Family Life Center, 19300 108th Ave. S.E., Kent.
