The Kent Regional Fire Authority, Kent Firefighters Local 1747 and the Kent Firefighters Foundation will soon kick off its annual Toys for Joy program.
An 18-year-old Black Diamond man pleaded guilty on Friday to reckless driving and received a suspended sentence of 364 days for his role in the "car surfing" death last spring of a fellow Kent-Meridian High School student.
Fireworks could be banned year round in Kent starting in 2017 if the City Council next Tuesday night approves a controversial new ordinance.
Kent Police arrested a mother for investigation of neglect after she reportedly left her 5-year-old son home alone when she went off to work.
Jack "Zab" Zaborac, the longtime owner and operator of Kent Bowl and a racehorse owner at Emerald Downs, died on Saturday at the age of 90.
Brenda Fincher says she was thankful and relieved about pulling out a victory over Toni Troutner in the Nov. 3 election to the Kent City Council.
The first round of test results did not find E. coli bacteria in food samples taken from several Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants, according to officials at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Chipotle plans to reopen this week in Kent and the rest of the state.
Kent’s ShoWare Center is projected to draw a record-setting 400,000 people this year to more than 195 events, another record high since the city-owned facility opened in 2009.
Brenda Fincher will return to the Kent City Council next year after taking a bigger lead in votes Friday night in what had been a tight race against challenger Toni Troutner.
A victim's relatives felt "very letdown" after a 42-year-old Burien man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the stabbing death of his former wife last year in Kent.
A leaking container in a semi-truck sent two people to local hospitals on Thursday evening after they and three others were exposed to the fumes.
A fire at about 9 p.m. Thursday in the 24300 block of 129th Avenue Southeast in Kent has been ruled accidental after an extension cord overheated and ignited an SUV in the driveway of a two-story house.
The race between Brenda Fincher and Toni Troutner for the Kent City Council stayed tight after more ballots were counted on Thursday.
King County voters are approving a property tax increase on Tuesday’s ballot to support the Best Start for Kids levy.
A total of 25 cases of E. coli illnesses in Washington has led to the voluntary closure this week of all Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants in the state, including the Kent Station shopping center location.
The majority of Kent voters want to ban fireworks in the city.
The Kent City Council will feature at least one new member next year as Tina Budell convincingly defeated Hira Singh Bhullar in Tuesday night’s election.
Kent drivers late next year will have a much smoother ride up and down the James Street hill once crews finish a $1.7 million project to repave the road.
When light rail comes to Kent’s West Hill in eight years or so, Sound Transit proposes to build an elevated station near 30th Avenue South on the east side of Pacific Highway South.
The Kent City Council might use reserve funds, count on higher sales tax revenue or raise property taxes to resolve a $863,000 city budget gap for 2016.
