Kent Police are investigating an attempted child luring that occurred just after noon Thursday.
Officers were sent to Neeley O’Brien Elementary School, 6300 South 236th St., in Kent at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday after school officials notified them of the incident, according to a Kent Police media release.
The music and games will play on next school year at 28 Kent elementary schools.
After a community uproar over proposed 2011-12 budget cuts to eliminate elementary music and physical education programs, the Kent School Board voted Wednesday night to keep each program and its specialized teachers from the chopping block.
Kent's Stefano Langone performed for a spot in the top seven Wednesday night on "American Idol."
An Indoor Football League team will continue to play at the ShoWare Center in Kent but with a new name, owners and coach.
The new owners plan to officially announce the changes at a press conference at 3 p.m. Friday at the ShoWare Center.
Closing arguments are expected either Wednesday, April 13 or Thursday, April 14 at King County Superior Court in Seattle for the man accused of stabbing to death a Kent woman in 2007.
Taryn Fairbanks, a former teacher in the Kent and Renton school districts, was sentenced Friday in Seattle to six months in jail for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor for having a sexual act with a 17-year-old male student in June when she was a teacher at Garfield High School.
When still just a suspect as the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway told FBI agents he had an addiction to prostitutes like an alcoholic has an addiction to alcohol.
Kent defense attorney Mark Prothero shared that insight about Ridgway and many other specifics about the Green River Killer during a presentation at the Kent Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon April 6 at the Meridian Valley Country Club.
Kent's Stefano Langone appeared to be as shocked as anyone when "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest announced Thursday night on Fox that Pia Toscano had been eliminated from the show based on votes by viewers.
Kent's Stefano Langone performed a rendition of "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge Wednesday night on "American Idol" with a chance to move on to the elite eight among contestants.
King County prosecutors have charged a 29-year-old man with communication with a minor for immoral purposes of a sexual nature after he allegedly exchanged naked photos with a 14-year-old Kent boy.
Kent Police arrested two women on prostitution charges April 2 at a Kent hotel after undercover officers responded to an ad offering escort services.
Take a few minutes to visit with camera collector Bob Kelly and it's easy to understand why a friend refers to him as "The Argus King."
Kelly, who will participate in the 31st annual Puget Sound Photographic Collectors Society sale and show 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at Kent Commons, collects Argus cameras, sales brochures, user guides and other company documents.
King County prosecutors have charged a 32-year-old inmate with one count of first-degree assault and four counts of third-degree assault for when he allegedly fought five county corrections officers in January at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
Casey Calamusa, of Kent, stopped to notice the walls posted with names at an emergency evacuation center in Tome, Japan, just days after the earthquake and tsunami struck the country.
People had posted names on the center's walls of relatives they had yet to hear from since the disaster.
"American Idol" viewers disagreed with a couple of the show's critics who predicted Kent's Stefano Langone could be sent home Thursday night. The voters advanced Langone into next week's top nine.
King County prosecutors filed second-degree murder charges Thursday against a 20-year-old man in connection with the shooting death of Devin Topps last Halloween at a party in Kent.
King County prosecutors have charged a 45-year-old Kent man with felony DUI after a Washington State Patrol trooper pulled him over for investigation of drunk driving March 19, just 17 days after he was sentenced for an earlier DUI in 2010.
Kent School District parents and teachers told the Kent School Board Tuesday night to save elementary music and physical education programs and find somewhere else to cut the 2011-2012 budget by $6 million.
Ernie Langone wrote special music for Stefano Langone when he started to teach him to play the piano at age 6 because he couldn't reach certain keys.
"His hands were not big enough to play an octave," said Ernie Langone, of Kent, during a phone interview last week about his son, a finalist on "American Idol."
The three men found March 10 in a plant nursery near Kent were identified Friday by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office as the three missing Pierce County men.
All three died from gunshot wounds, according to the Medical Examiner's Office.
