A 22-month-old girl was struck and killed by a car Saturday night after she walked out on the Benson Road in Kent after leaving a relative's nearby house.
The girl's 43-year-old aunt, who tried to save her, also was struck by a car and remained hospitalized Monday in critical condition.
When King County animal-control officer Pam McClaren walked into the abandoned East Hill house earlier this month with a search warrant, it was all she could do not to lose her cool.
The three dogs had been left in the home for roughly three weeks, faring as best they could with little food or water.
In preparation for a 2011 King County Budget that will include $60 million in cuts, the chair of the Metropolitan King County Council’s Budget Leadership team is encouraging the public to get involved by going to the Budget Committee’s four public hearings.
Sanmogam Pillay smiled proudly as his wife, Rajmani, wheeled him outside their Kent home on the East Hill last week to see the new wheelchair ramp under construction by volunteers.
Kent’s ShoWare Center, was named the winner of Seattle Business magazine’s Green Washington award in the sports arena category.
One of 13 winners, ShoWare Center was chosen from more than 100 nominees for demonstrating leadership, innovation and commitment to sustaining the environment, according to a city of Kent media release.
A 15-year-old Kent-Meridian High School student pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of first-degree robbery and third-degree theft in King County Juvenile Court in Seattle.
Kent Police arrested the boy Sept. 17 for allegedly robbing four 14-year-old male students of their cell phones Sept. 11 at a restaurant parking lot across from the high school after a Saturday night football game.
The City of Kent and Regional Animal Services of King County have teamed up with Kent Station to promote dog and cat licensing in Kent while having fun. On Saturday, Kent Station will host “Dog Daze & Feline Fantasies,” an afternoon dedicated to cats, dogs and their humans.
With Alan Undem's 17 arrests over the last eight years, court appearances have been commonplace for the 29-year-old Renton man.
Undem appeared Tuesday in King County Superior Court in Kent to plead not guilty to a felony charge of vehicular assault in connection with a T-bone collision Sept. 8 on Kent's East Hill that has left his passenger, a Renton man, 27, hospitalized for two weeks in serious condition.
A Kent mobile home fire at about 2:15 a.m. Thursday displaced a family of four in the 24400 block of 64th Avenue South.
No one was injured in the fire.
Cheryl Wright hopes a new celebration called AutumnFest that features wine and beer-tasting, snacks, music and even a scarecrow-decorating contest will give people a reason to check out the Historic District of downtown Kent.
I-5 was reopened the morning of Sept. 22 following a three-vehicle crash that resulted in all of the southbound lanes being closed for approximately 12 hours while emergency crews worked at the scene.
The crash involved three large trucks, one of which was a tanker and trailer hauling 10,000 gallons of gasoline and 900 gallons of diesel fuel
WSDOT Alert Update
DATE /TIME: September 22, 2010, 8:33 a.m.
DESCRIPTION: The disabled vehicle that blocked the right center lane on southbound I-5 at S. 188th Street in Kent has been cleared. Further south on I-5, WSDOT crews continue to clear the roadway of an overturned tanker truck that continues to block all lanes on southbound I-5 at S. 188th Street in Kent.
Kent Police are hopeful that the public will recognize a man captured on video as he robbed a local 7-11 convenience store. The man used a black handgun to threaten the clerk while committing the robbery.
Residents in unincorporated King County and 27 contracting cities, including Kent, have a little more than a week left to take advantage of an amnesty period for unlicensed pets before they face a no-tolerance fine. As part of the new Regional Animal Services model for animal control in King County, residents were given a 90-day amnesty period to license their pets without facing a fine. The amnesty period expires at the end of the day Sept. 30 Starting Oct. 1, residents who have unlicensed cats or dogs face a fine of $125 for spayed or neutered pets, and up to $250 for an unaltered pet.
Do you have old prescription drugs or over-the-counter medicines that are no longer of use or past the expiration date? If so, the Kent Police can dispose of it for you in their Prescription Drug Take Back Day Sept. 25.
A 42-year-old female inmate died Monday morning at the King County jail at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
The woman was found at 9:05 a.m. Monday by jail staff during a routine security check, according to a media release from the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention.
A 15-year-old Kent-Meridian student remained in juvenile custody in Seattle Monday, after Kent Police arrested him Sept. 17 for investigation of armed robbery.
Kent Police arrested a 15-year-old Kent-Meridian High School student Sept. 17 for investigation of armed robbery in connection with a Sept. 11 incident at a restaurant parking lot across from the school where four students had their cell phones taken at gunpoint.
The student turned himself in Sept. 17 to a Kent Police officer who works at Kent-Meridian as a school resource officer after word spread that detectives were looking for the boy, said Sgt. Pat Lowery in a phone interview Sept. 20.
Start cleaning out those closets of gently used coats and warm winter clothing. The Soroptimist of Kent is holding its fourth-annual Coat and Warm Clothing Drive.
The service organization is working in conjunction with the Kent School District, the Kent Fire and Police departments and the City of Kent to collect these items for distribution to the homeless children in the Kent School District.
In preparation for a 2011 King County Budget that will include $60 million in cuts, the chair of the Metropolitan King County Council’s Budget Leadership team is encouraging the public to get involved by going to the Budget Committee’s four public hearings.
