Many questions still remain as the Kent Police try to figure out what led to an argument, fight and the shooting death early Sunday of Devin Topps, 18, a former Kentridge High School student-athlete.
But police do not believe whoever shot Topps went after him specifically.
Kent Police detectives continued to follow up on a number of promising leads Monday while attempting to identify the person responsible for an early morning shooting Sunday that killed Devin Topps, a former Kentridge High School student-athlete.
Topps, 18, was shot and killed outside a house party in northeast Kent.
Ballots are being returned at a steady rate to King County Elections where Election Day results are expected to set a new mail ballot record. With more than 400,000 ballots already returned, Elections staff have been busy processing ballots and officials expect to report on about 350,000 votes cast in the first set of election results.
Drivers in the Kent Valley will want to avoid 76th Avenue South between South 212th Street and South 222nd Street because of water over the roadway.
The murder trial of a Seattle man accused of shooting a Renton teenager in 2008 at a Kent fast-food restaurant continues this week at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
King County prosecutors rested their case Oct. 26 against Edward Earl Cobb, 20. Cobb is charged with first-degree murder for shooting Chezaray Bacchus, 17, on July 12, 2008 at the Arby's restaurant along East Smith Street.
Kent Police are investigating the early morning shooting death of a local man that took place outside a house party in north Kent Sunday.
Police were sent to the 20000 block of 92nd Avenue South at 2:05 a.m. for a report of gunfire in the area. Once on location, police found the victim lying in the street next to his truck, mortally wounded.
It frustrates Doug Hill as he walks along the shoulder of the Green River Road in south Kent to see blackberries growing through the guardrail.
That’s one of the reasons Hill wants to help out the city of Kent by joining its new volunteer Green Kent program that starts up in December.
“There are not enough people to see all of these places much less take care of it,” said Hill as he uses a machete to slash away blackberry vines along a shoulder overseen by the city of Kent public works department under the South 277th Street overpass.
Hill fits the type of person Kent park officials want to become Green Kent stewards. In that capacity, stewards will help restore more than 1,100 acres of public lands over the next 20 years. The program, developed in a city partnership with the Cascade Land Conservancy, kicks off with an orientation meeting Dec. 4 for anyone interested in becoming a steward.
Kent resident Doug Scharnhorst thinks the city needs to fund a railroad crossing construction project so train engineers no longer have to blow their horns as the locomotive speeds through downtown.
Scharnhorst has lived 15 years in the Mill Creek neighborhood, just east of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks.
“They go through town all hours of the day and night,” Scharnhorst said. “It’s loud.”
Scharnhorst wants the city to include what’s known as the railroad quiet zone project in the 2011 budget. He testified before the Council at a Sept. 21 public hearing and shared the reasons he supports the project during a phone interview.
The City Council has a second public hearing for comments about the budget at 5 p.m. Nov. 2 at City Hall.
As the visitors walked through the greeting line Tuesday in the Kent ShoWare Center, Arthur Fujii stood at relaxed attention with fellow members of Troop 474.
Uniform pressed, and wearing the neckerchief his father had as a boy, Fujii was a model Boy Scout, quietly greeting each guest and handing them a program overviewing the afternoon’s activities.
The murder trial of a Seattle man accused of shooting a Renton teenager in 2008 at a Kent fast-food restaurant continues this week at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
King County prosecutors rested their case Oct. 26 against Edward Earl Cobb, 20. Cobb is charged with first-degree murder for shooting Chezaray Bacchus, 17, on July 12, 2008 at the Arby's restaurant along East Smith Street.
Kent Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an early Tuesday morning disturbance at an East Hill home where officers arrived to find three residents detaining a 31-year-old Kent man, who was seriously injured in a fight with the residents.
Kent Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an early Tuesday morning disturbance at an East Hill home where officers arrived to find three residents detaining a 31-year-old Kent man, who was injured in a fight with the residents.
Officers were called at about 2:11 a.m. to a house in the 22800 block of 103rd Avenue Southeast, according to a Kent Police media release.
A 12-person King County Superior Court jury split 9 to 3 in its decision to convict Joseph Naimo, 63, a former Kent businessman, in the first-degree murder of his wife. A mistrial was declared.
The jury began deliberating the case Oct. 12 and announced its vote Oct. 20. It was unable to unanimously decide whether it had been proven without a doubt that Naimo, of Federal Way, had poisoned his wife.
Zachary J. VanZanten graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as "Operation Warrior Forge," at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.
The Kent Chamber of Commerce appreciates the City’s interest in receiving input regarding potential funding mechanisms for transportation improvements. We have enjoyed a continuous relationship with City of Kent officials regarding transportation projects and funding. In July of 2009, after extensive meetings with City of Kent leadership, the Kent Chamber of Commerce wrote a letter offering our review of the City of Kent’s Six Year Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) and identified those projects that we believed were the highest priority of the business community. We gave priority to those projects that addressed freight mobility and congestion issues, which directly affect retail, commercial, manufacturing and industrial enterprises. We also put forth funding mechanisms such as Local Improvement Districts (LID) and Voter Approved Levies. In this recommendation we specifically warned against Impact Fees on new development for the following reasons:
Thanks to a "Washington’s Most Wanted" viewer tip, convicted rapist Darren Nelson is once again behind bars. He was captured this past Friday by Kent Police and was taken into custody without incident.
Nelson was featured on "Washington’s Most Wanted" Oct. 15 and 16. He was convicted of first-degree and second-degree assault for a 1994 stranger rape in downtown Seattle.
A U.S. District Court judge Oct. 22 sentenced a 39-year-old Kent man to nine years in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin.
Ben Hunlock, of Kent, and Victory Hugo Gutama, 45, of Seattle, were arrested March 15 in north Seattle while engaged in a 2-pound heroin deal.
Michelle Raeck, a special-education teacher from Daniel Elementary School, received $1,000 worth of classroom supplies earlier this month during a surprise visit from Office Max staff during an assembly at her school. The Office Max program called “A Day Made Better” is a national cause celebrating teachers for their efforts in the classroom. Raeck was nominated by one of the school’s administrators, Tracy Magee.
Want to find out what the Kent City Council has to say about Mayor Suzette Cooke's proposed 2011 budget?
Then check out the Council's workshop about the budget at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 26 in Council Chambers at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
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