Bob Bonaci decided to rent a ShoWare Center suite for this year's company Christmas party so his employees can attend the Michael W. Smith concert.
Smith, one of the best-selling artists in Christian contemporary music, headlines the "It's a Wonderful Christmas Tour" concert at 6 p.m. Dec. 19 in Kent.
The Green River levees and the Howard Hanson Dam had no trouble this past weekend handling the deluge of the winter’s first major Pineapple Express weather system.
The cities of Kent, Auburn, Tukwila and Renton escaped any major Green River flooding despite the more than 2 inches of rain that fell Sunday.
A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder for the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy two years ago inside the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila.
Richard Frankel reaches the same conclusion whenever he tries to cope with his son's murder.
"It doesn't make any sense," Frankel said during a Monday phone interview from his Hawaii home. "You never expect your child to die before you, especially something so sudden.
"Even now, it's hard to believe it happened."
Kent Police arrested a 34-year-old man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief after he allegedly punched his girlfriend as well as kicked and dented her 2000 Mercedes Benz 230 after a dispute at a Kent bar.
Kent Police report they're continuing to see a steady monthly rate of vehicle thefts and prowls. Thieves stole 709 vehicles in Kent from January through November of this year. But car owners can take steps to help prevent vehicle theft and prowls.
Word spread quickly Friday through Kent City Hall that an arrest had been made in connection with the May death of city employee Seth Frankel.
A 59-year-old Kent man was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison, lifetime supervised release, a $11,000 fine and $8,000 in restitution for sexual exploitation of a child.
Marvin Eckfeldt likes that the proposed 2011 Kent city budget includes 11 new hires for the Panther Lake area, whose 24,000 residents annexed to the city in July.
“That was part of the promise,” said Eckfeldt, who co-chaired the campaign last year for Panther Lake voters to approve annexing to Kent from unincorporated King County. “That was part of the annexation platform that we would get more community
John Legas still finds himself reaching for his comb after he had his head shaved last month for the role of Daddy Warbucks in "Annie."
"Part of me was excited and part was terrified about what was under there," he said.
Legas, the pastor at Cornerstone Community Baptist Church in Kent, performs in the Heavier Than Air Family Theatre's production of "Annie" Dec. 10-12 and Dec. 17-19 at the Green River Community College Performing Arts Building in Auburn.
Inmates at the Kent city jail will no longer receive hot breakfasts, starting in January, in order to save the city money.
The Kent City Council has approved a new five-year contract extension with Consolidated Food Management Inc., of Mercer Island. City officials asked the company to provide cold breakfasts at the jail to save the city about $10,000 per year, said Pat Fitzpatrick, deputy city attorney.
The Tahoma National Cemetery director cannot comprehend why someone stole 11 bronze memorial plaques Nov. 27 from a cemetery walkway.
Bill Westcott hears from many adults how much they’ve enjoyed the Kent Winterfest light show the last two years downtown at Town Square Plaza.
But the Winterfest organizer remembers even more the reaction of the children, when thousands of lights brighten up the 30-foot Christmas tree and the entire park at Second Avenue and West Harrison Street.
“It’s fun to hear the kids scream and to see them jump up and down,” said Westcott, who organizes the event under the auspices of the Kent Lions Club.
Children and adults will get a chance to see even more lights in the park at the 28th annual Winterfest celebration Saturday. The event is free. The tree lighting is at 5:30 p.m
Kent Police have yet to make an arrest in the shooting death of 18-year-old Devin Topps but fully anticipate eventually arresting a suspect and solving the murder.
"The investigation is still ongoing," said Kent Police Lt. Pat Lowery during a phone interview Wednesday. "We still believe we will make an arrest in the future and bring this to a successful resolution."
A scuffle broke out among about a dozen people at the third-floor rotunda Tuesday afternoon at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent after a judge sentenced Edward Earl Cobb to the maximum of 39 years in prison for the first-degree murder for shooting 17-year-old Chezaray Bacchus in 2008 at a Kent fast-food restaurant.
Enjoy a Mexican buffet dinner and attend a silent auction Sunday to help raise money for the Lucy Lopez Community Center in Kent.
The first Lucy Lopez Community Center Winter Event runs 5-9 p.m. at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St. The dinner goes from 6-8 p.m.
The city of Kent will start sending its overflow inmates next year to Chelan County because of overcrowding at the Kent city jail.
The Kent City Council approved Nov. 16 an agreement between the city and Chelan County to house inmates from Kent at the Chelan County Regional Justice Center in Wenatchee.
Change is the name of the game as the Kent Predators prepare for their second season in the professional Indoor Football League at the ShoWare Center.
The Predators have a new general manager, coach, a bunch of new players and plan to reveal new uniforms when they open the 2011 season with a home game Feb. 25 against Sioux Falls, S.D.
A 30-year-old Kent man pleaded not guilty Nov. 18 to two counts of first-degree assault after he allegedly fired more than 30 shots that injured two men Sept. 30 at a Panther Lake apartment complex on the East Hill.
Hassan K. McPherson entered his plea at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. McPherson is in custody at the county jail in Kent in lieu of $1 million bail.
Nic Byrd speaks confidently about the chances his three-member Kent band Jobe Himself can make it professionally.
In fact, Byrd believes the band just might be hitting the stage at the right time with what he describes as a "heavily blues-influenced grunge" sound.
"Soundgarden and The Smashing Pumpkins are back together," said Byrd, 26, guitarist, lead singer and manager of the band. "Grunge is coming back in a big way. We might be what people want to hear."
