Steve Hunter

Alyssa McLemore

Missing: Still no answers about Kent woman 3 years after disappearance

Friends, family and the Kent Police all seem to come up with the same response about the disappearance three years ago of 21-year-old Alyssa McLemore.

Alyssa McLemore

Apartment fire on Kent’s West Hill displaces 10 people; damage estimated at $600,000 | Update

Ten people were displaced as a two-alarm fire caused an estimated $600,000 damage to six apartments on Kent's West Hill.

Darren Motamedy will return to Kent to play at the fifth annual Evening of Jazz and Art Showcase June 28 at the Kent Senior Activity Center.

Darren Motamedy to play at Kent’s Evening of Jazz and Art Showcase June 22

Saxophonist Darren Motamedy will return to Kent to play in the fifth annual Evening of Jazz & Art Showcase June 28 at the Kent Senior Activity Center.

Darren Motamedy will return to Kent to play at the fifth annual Evening of Jazz and Art Showcase June 28 at the Kent Senior Activity Center.
Emergency responders will conduct numerous mass casualty incident drills April 30 through May 3 at the ShoWare Center parking lots in Kent.

Be aware of emergency response drills at Kent’s ShoWare Center

Expect to see large numbers of emergency vehicles traveling and in the parking lots of Kent's ShoWare Center on eight days over the next four weeks as part of a mass casualty incident drill.

Emergency responders will conduct numerous mass casualty incident drills April 30 through May 3 at the ShoWare Center parking lots in Kent.
Luis CdeBaca

State Department ambassador addresses sex trafficking

Sex trafficking continues to be a growing problem in Kent and the rest of the nation.

Luis CdeBaca
William Phillip is scheduled to go to trial June 20 for the 2010 murder of Seth Frankel

Phillip’s trial date continued to June 20 for murder of Kent city employee Seth Frankel

The trial date has been continued to June 20 for a 31-year-old Oregon man charged with first-degree murder in the May 2010 stabbing death of Seth Frankel a city of Kent employee and Auburn resident.

William Phillip is scheduled to go to trial June 20 for the 2010 murder of Seth Frankel
Gene Mueller is the new manager of Regional Animal Services of King County.

King County names new Regional Animal Services manager

Gene Mueller, the administrator of Chicago’s largest critical-care veterinary hospital, was named Wednesday as the new manager of Regional Animal Services of King County.

Gene Mueller is the new manager of Regional Animal Services of King County.
Informational pickets from the Machinists Union walk in front of Hytek Finishes March 21 in Kent to support company employees seeking a new contract.

Kent’s Hytek Finishes rejects mediation offer in union talks | Update

The Machinists Union says management at Kent's Hytek Finishes rejected an offer from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to help resolve contract talks.

Informational pickets from the Machinists Union walk in front of Hytek Finishes March 21 in Kent to support company employees seeking a new contract.
Matt Hague

Kentwood graduate Matt Hague makes Pittsburgh Pirates roster | Update

Matt Hague, a former Kentwood High School star, has made the Major League Baseball roster of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Matt Hague
Kent Police plan extra DUI patrols on Saturday

Kent Police plan DUI emphasis April 7 on roads, at bars

Kent Police will throw a spotlight Saturday, April 7 on the role liquor serving establishments play in keeping drunk drivers off the road.

Kent Police plan extra DUI patrols on Saturday
Kent Police Blotter.

Officers nab woman at Kent hotel for prostitution | Police Blotter

Kent Police arrested a woman for investigation of prostitution after an undercover officer replied to an escort advertisement on www.backpage.com.

Kent Police Blotter.
Steve Strachan

King County Council appoints ex-Kent Police Chief Strachan as Sheriff

The Metropolitan King County Council Monday appointed former Kent Police Chief Steve Strachan to succeed Sue Rahr as King County Sheriff.

Steve Strachan
The city of Ken has several more Green River levee projects planned over the next couple of years similar to this one a few years ago near the Riverbend Golf Complex.

Kent plans more Green River levee projects; public hearings April 4

Two Green River levee projects planned by the city Public Works Department will go before the city hearing examiner at public hearings Wednesday, April 4.

The city of Ken has several more Green River levee projects planned over the next couple of years similar to this one a few years ago near the Riverbend Golf Complex.
Kent Police would have to make enforcement of marijuana offenses the lowest priority if voters end up approving an initiative filed March 28 in Kent.

Initiative seeks Kent vote to make marijuana offenses lowest police priority

City of Kent voters might decide this fall whether marijuana offenses should receive the lowest enforcement priority by Kent Police.

Kent Police would have to make enforcement of marijuana offenses the lowest priority if voters end up approving an initiative filed March 28 in Kent.
Seattle Mist from left

Rypien leaving Kent’s Seattle Mist of Lingerie Football League for Baltimore Charm

Quarterback Angela Rypien of the Kent-based Seattle Mist is leaving the Lingerie Football League team to play for the Baltimore Charm.

Seattle Mist from left
Kent residents can look at a map to find out where the latest crimes occurred in the city by going to www.kentcrimereports.com.

Kent residents can access crime reports, alerts online

Kent residents can now go online to find out about criminal activity in their neighborhoods and throughout the city.

Kent residents can look at a map to find out where the latest crimes occurred in the city by going to www.kentcrimereports.com.
Adam Vesperman

Kent teen, London musical up for Olivier Award

It's exciting times in London for a Kent teen who plays the starring role in "Billy Elliot the Musical."

Adam Vesperman

State Patrol seeks witnesses from I-405 car crash that killed Kent man

Washington State Patrol detectives are asking for witnesses or any individuals with information about a two-vehicle crash March 24 on southbound Interstate 405 to contact them.

State tells King County restaurants, bars to stop collecting stadium sales tax

The state Department of Revenue reminds restaurants, bars and taverns that they no longer should be collecting a half-percent King County food and beverage sales tax.

Kent man dies in two-vehicle crash on Interstate 405 in Tukwila

A 20-year-old Kent man died from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash at about 1:04 a.m. Saturday, March 24 along southbound Interstate 405 in Tukwila, just north of I-5.