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Kent Police will start issuing citations on Oct. 1 for drivers who speed through new photo-enforced school zones at Meridian and Millennium elementary schools.

Kent Police will soon issue traffic citations at two new school camera zones

Starting Thursday, Oct. 1, Kent Police will send traffic citations to the owners of vehicles caught speeding through the photo-enforced school zones at Meridian and Millennium elementary schools.

Kent Police will start issuing citations on Oct. 1 for drivers who speed through new photo-enforced school zones at Meridian and Millennium elementary schools.
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Man punches dog while at Kent bus stop | Police Blotter

Kent Police cited a man for investigation of second-degree animal cruelty after he allegedly punched a small dog he owns numerous times while at a bus stop on the West Hill.

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Trainer Alex Petrov works with April

Circus won’t return to Kent for couple of years

Don’t expect to see the circus back for at least couple of years or more to Kent’s ShoWare Center or anywhere else in the Pacific Northwest.

Trainer Alex Petrov works with April
Commuters on the Sounder train who park at Kent Station will get the chance to have permit parking starting in the fall of 2016.

Permit parking coming to Kent Station next year for train commuters

Train commuters who park at the Kent Station garage will be able to get permits starting in the fall of 2016.

Commuters on the Sounder train who park at Kent Station will get the chance to have permit parking starting in the fall of 2016.

City of Kent to return $221,750 grant for bike lanes

It's rare when a city returns grant money. But that's what Kent will do with $221,750 it received to help build a bicycle corridor along West James Street.

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Kent officers bust gang member for West Hill assault | Police Blotter

Kent Police arrested an alleged gang member for investigation of fourth-degree assault and third-degree theft in connection with an attack against a woman on the West Hill.

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Firefighters check out a Honda Civic involved in a collision with another car on April 13 in Kent. Sherri White

Sheriff’s Office still investigating fatal crash in April near Kent

The King County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate an April 13 head-on vehicle crash just outside of Kent that killed a 25-year-old Federal Way woman.

Firefighters check out a Honda Civic involved in a collision with another car on April 13 in Kent. Sherri White
City of Kent parks staff has closed the boardwalk at Lake Fenwick Park because of a lack of funds to repair it.

Kent parks continue to crumble; more funds needed

The city of Kent's reputation for outstanding parks is changing to outdated parks.

City of Kent parks staff has closed the boardwalk at Lake Fenwick Park because of a lack of funds to repair it.
Gary Ridgway will be coming back to prison in Washington after his transfer to a Colorado prison.

Green River killer Ridgway to return to Walla Walla prison

Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River killer, is coming back to prison in Washington from Colorado to serve his life sentence.

Gary Ridgway will be coming back to prison in Washington after his transfer to a Colorado prison.

Victims in Kent car crash identified | Update

The victims in the single-vehicle crash on Wednesday in Kent have been identified as Dmitriy Yegorshin, of Federal Way, and Eduard Kuzmych, of Auburn.

Kent seeks hotel developer for West Valley Highway office park

A new hotel might pop up someday along the West Valley Highway across from the Boeing Kent Space Center.

Two men die in single-vehicle crash in Kent | Update

A driver and his passenger were killed in a single-car accident Wednesday morning in Kent just south of the intersection of Southeast Kent Kangley Road and 124th Avenue Southeast.

Kent Police investigate a shooting death on Sept. 10 near downtown Kent.

Kent man faces murder charge in downtown shooting death

A Kent man, 37, allegedly chased, shot and killed a 42-year-old Kent man last week near downtown because he claimed the man disrespected his mother. A man who knew both men said it might have been a dispute about a drug debt.

Kent Police investigate a shooting death on Sept. 10 near downtown Kent.
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Stranger unexpectedly crawls into Kent woman’s bed | Police Blotter

Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of resisting arrest and trespassing after he reportedly crawled into bed with a woman he didn't know at her apartment before the woman fled the room unharmed.

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Kent Police arrest man in connection with shooting death near downtown; victim identified | Update

Kent Police arrested a 37-year-old Kent man on Thursday night in connection with the shooting death earlier Thursday of a man who died on East Saar Street near downtown.

Crews are about 50 percent finished with the new Kent Station apartments going up along Fourth Avenue North. Crews are scheduled to take the crane down next week. The complex is expected to be done next May.

Construction at Kent Station apartments nears milestone

The large crane at Kent Station will soon be coming down as construction of the new 154-unit apartment complex gets closer to completion.

Crews are about 50 percent finished with the new Kent Station apartments going up along Fourth Avenue North. Crews are scheduled to take the crane down next week. The complex is expected to be done next May.
Several developers are upset with how the city of Kent went about adopting a new fire impact fee.

Developers upset about Kent City Council’s process to pass fire impact fee

Builders claim the Kent City Council used a "ramrod" approach to approve a new fire impact fee that developers must pay.

Several developers are upset with how the city of Kent went about adopting a new fire impact fee.
Kent Police investigate the shooting death of a man found Thursday morning outside of a blue car along East Saar Street

Man found shot to death near downtown Kent

Kent Police are investigating the shooting death of a man found along East Saar Street between Central Avenue South and Railroad Avenue South.

Kent Police investigate the shooting death of a man found Thursday morning outside of a blue car along East Saar Street
The city-owned Riverbend Golf Complex is buying city water to irrigate its two golf courses from a fire hydrant until a new well is drilled at a cost of about $400

City of Kent to spend about $400,000 on new golf course irrigation well

It's going to cost the city of Kent an estimated $400,000 to drill a new irrigation well at the Riverbend Golf Complex.

The city-owned Riverbend Golf Complex is buying city water to irrigate its two golf courses from a fire hydrant until a new well is drilled at a cost of about $400

City of Kent’s B&O tax revenues keep going up

Revenue from the city of Kent's business and occupation (B&O) tax continues to go up as more and more businesses are brought into the system.