Mark Klaas

Kent’s Wilson Playfields

Kent’s resurfaced Wilson Playfields are back in the game

One of Kent's most heavily used and year-round multi-sports facilities wears a new rug.

Kent’s Wilson Playfields
Renee Keller – with her dog Pixie – surveys the damage after a man drove his truck into the front window of her East Hill home early Thursday morning. Damage is around $4

Truck crashes into East Hill home

Kent's Renee Keller routinely begins her day with coffee, cuddling with her dog in her front living room and catching up with the latest news on television.

Renee Keller – with her dog Pixie – surveys the damage after a man drove his truck into the front window of her East Hill home early Thursday morning. Damage is around $4
Dave Kramer excel in long-distance events

Kent’s Kramers take on the endurance challenge

It's a balancing act, and one Dave Kramer carefully performs.

Dave Kramer excel in long-distance events
Team Speedtrap's Nuutti Hakkanen gets ready to rifle a shot past Tasers goalie Colin Nash during action Saturday at Kent Valley Centre. Speedtrap won the game

Hockey tournament supports Cops With Cancer

It's summer hockey on ice, all for a good cause. Fifty-two area players, including one who flew in from San Francisco, competed on four teams at the sixth annual DJ Baskin Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Kent Valley Ice Centre this weekend.

Team Speedtrap's Nuutti Hakkanen gets ready to rifle a shot past Tasers goalie Colin Nash during action Saturday at Kent Valley Centre. Speedtrap won the game
Kent Soroptimists

Soroptimist of Kent turns golden

One of Kent's longest-running service clubs celebrates 50 years this year.

Kent Soroptimists
Gunfire between Kent Police and a suspect on Sunday punctured a propane tank at Signature Landscaping Services

Suspect killed, 4 police officers hurt in shootout, explosion

A suspect was killed and four Kent Police officers were injured in a Sunday afternoon shootout and explosion, authorities said.

Gunfire between Kent Police and a suspect on Sunday punctured a propane tank at Signature Landscaping Services
Mustafa Ali Al Sudani

Teen from Iraq emerges as top boxer

Many kids come and go through Glenn Hamada’s youth boxing gym throughout the year.

Mustafa Ali Al Sudani
Author Sue Brockett has teamed up with illustrator Mike LaFond to create The Friendly Bus Series.

From a tune to a tale: author connects with kids

It began as a jingle and wound up being the impetus for a children's Christian book series.

Author Sue Brockett has teamed up with illustrator Mike LaFond to create The Friendly Bus Series.
Mithula Rarmal receives the Miss Cornucopia crown from past queen Candy Chang during the coronation at Town Square Plaza on Friday.

Rarmal crowned Miss Cornucopia

Even if dragon boats are a part of Mithula Rarmal's culture, she has never been near one of the elegant vessels.

Mithula Rarmal receives the Miss Cornucopia crown from past queen Candy Chang during the coronation at Town Square Plaza on Friday.
Vy Tran

Community’s proud grads reach goals

Given the opportunity, Vy Tran was determined to finish school.

Vy Tran
Angela Darling

Mrs. Kent delivering a message, and crafting a story

The crown would be a nice fit for Angela Darling, a greater means to spread an important message.

Angela Darling
KBAC’s Juneteenth celebration attracted a good crowd at Morrill Meadows Park last Saturday. A girl passes by the official Juneteenth flag.

Kent celebrates Juneteenth | SLIDESHOW

Mic in hand, the Rev. Jimmie James pointed to the sunny skies and urged followers to take up a chant.

KBAC’s Juneteenth celebration attracted a good crowd at Morrill Meadows Park last Saturday. A girl passes by the official Juneteenth flag.
Suzanne and Jim Berrios

Golden Steer restaurant to celebrate golden anniversary

The restaurant business can be consuming and challenging, but it also can be fulfilling and rewarding.

Suzanne and Jim Berrios
Don Hanson sailed many seas during World War II aboard the USS Idaho

Fulfilling his duty on hostile seas: Local Navy veteran looks back on his WWII experiences

Far off though he was, the young sailor witnessed the ebb and flow of monumental, bloody battles, as American amphibious forces landed on enemy-occupied islands in the Pacific theater of World War II.

Don Hanson sailed many seas during World War II aboard the USS Idaho
Kentridge's Danny Torlai tossed six innings

Kentridge comes up short in regional final | Prep baseball

Isaiah Terry had difficulty coping with the sorrow of a stinging, season-ending loss.

Kentridge's Danny Torlai tossed six innings
The Seahawks’ Clint Gresham speaks to the audience at the Calvary Chapel South in Kent last Saturday.

Faith lifts Seahawks’ Gresham to greater heights

Football is a snap to Clint Gresham. Overcoming doubt takes time.

The Seahawks’ Clint Gresham speaks to the audience at the Calvary Chapel South in Kent last Saturday.
Maggie Colin

Mainstay nurse leaves her mark

She has a warm personality, part Brooklyn spice and genuinely most everything nice.

Maggie Colin
Public defender Mark Prothero leaves the courtroom after Gary Ridgway’s arraignment at the King County Courthouse in Seattle in 2003. The Kent attorney Prothero brokered a plea deal that spared Ridgway the death penalty in exchange for the Auburn man confessing to 49 counts of aggravated murder.

Community mourns loss of top attorney, generous man | Mark Prothero

Skilled in the courtroom, Mark Prothero was also generous to the community in which he lived.

Public defender Mark Prothero leaves the courtroom after Gary Ridgway’s arraignment at the King County Courthouse in Seattle in 2003. The Kent attorney Prothero brokered a plea deal that spared Ridgway the death penalty in exchange for the Auburn man confessing to 49 counts of aggravated murder.
Mark Prothero

Top attorney, Kent community leader Prothero passes away

Mark Prothero – prominent criminal defense attorney, civic leader, community volunteer and coach – passed away early Saturday morning at his Kent home with family at his side.

Mark Prothero
Keith Beach has built a foundation named after his late daughter. The foundation provides education

From a poem, a foundation sprouts to make a difference | Klaas

Keith Beach thinks of his daughter every day, a beautiful girl who was killed in a car accident nearly 23 years ago.

Keith Beach has built a foundation named after his late daughter. The foundation provides education