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Pro wrestler A. J. Styles

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TNA Wrestling comes to ShoWare

Kent residents can choose to be exposed to a whole different type of entertainment when Total Nonstop Action…

Participants in the 2007 Kent Relay for Life do a lap together at French Field during the opening ceremony of the relay. Organizers are hoping to raise funds and cancer awareness with the event.

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Kent relay is for life, hope and a cure

Nearly 800 participants and a crowd as large as 5,000 are expected at the Relay for Life of…

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Candidate announces for Kent Council race

Dennis R. Higgins wants to bring the perspective of a downtown-Seattle commuter to the Kent City Council.

Ralph Dapar

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Kent Senior Center honors its top volunteers

Coreen Jones, Brick Leever and Ralph Dapar love to be around people. And they like to stay active.…

Mayor Suzette Cooke speaks with residents of the Mill Creek neighborhood about their concerns over a proposed apartment development during a neighborhood meeting Thursday at the Kent Senior Activity Center.

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Kent mayor fields questions, hears worries, over proposed development

Residents of the Mill Creek neighborhood in Kent have started a petition drive against a developer’s proposed six-to-seven…

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Kent man in Craigslist sex-murder ad enters plea in court

A 24-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder after…

Mamie Brouwer

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Hanson Dam: Prepare now for possibility of winter floods, Army Corps says

Mamie Brouwer, a project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, didn’t hesitate to answer when an…

Bruce Stephens

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All about potholes: Kent worker keeps close eye on city streets

Bruce Stephens tries to make sure drivers of cars, trucks and motorcycles in Kent don’t go bump in…

A rendering shows what developer Robert Slattery’s proposed six-to-seven-story apartment complex might look like. It would be located at the north side of East Smith Street between Clark and Jason Streets.

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Seattle developer proposes high-rise housing project for downtown Kent

A developer’s proposal to build a six-to-seven story, mixed-use apartment complex could lead to the first major housing…

Pat Colgan

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Kent woman happy that Legislature passed anti-prostitution bill

Drivers arrested for patronizing prostitutes along Pacific Highway South soon could have their vehicles impounded by the Kent…

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Swine flu: County has 19 confirmed cases; waiting on results for Kent boy

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 19 cases of the swine flu in King County,…

Kent Police Chief Steve Strachan discusses plans for upcoming changes at the city jail during an April 21 City Council workshop.

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Kent jail inmates could be taking it to the streets, police chief reports

Work crews composed of inmates from the Kent city jail could be picking up trash along city trails…

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Swine flu hits Des Moines schools; Kent officials watchful

Kent School District officials continue to take precautions as the number of probable swine-flu cases slowly grows in…

Wiley carnivore: The coyote has long been adapting to the encroachment of humans on its habitat

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Meet Kent’s other residents: Coyotes

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Officers from Kent and Tukwila fire departments and Tukwila Police Department gather under the Strander Boulevard bridge in Tukwila on the banks of the Green River after the Kent Fire Department boat retrieved the body of a man from the water Thursday afternoon.

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Man’s body found in Green River

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Police Blotter: Bumping case leads to barroom brawl

Assault Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of assault after a fight broke out among a crowd…

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Swine flu suspected in Seattle; Kent is bracing

In light of the first cases of swine flu hitting King County thisweek, Kent School District officials sent…

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Kent man arrested for sex-murder Craiglist ad

Seattle Police arrested a 24-year-old Kent man for investigation of attempted murder Monday after he allegedly placed an…

Local cage fighter Jon Maryanski

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Local fighter has sights set on professional match at ShoWare Center

Jon “The Mauler” Maryanski signed up for his first mixed martial arts class three years ago and instantly…

Vincent Housley stares out into the gallery as he is escorted out of the courtroom by the bailiff in an earlier court hearing Feb. 18.

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Housley to be sentenced Friday in killing of his Panther Lake parents

Vincent Wayne Housley, who pleaded guilty Feb. 23 to charges of killing his parents in their Panther Lake…