When directors of the Kent-Meridian High School orchestra, jazz band, choir or drama department need a drummer, they turn to Brad Hill.
Hill, a senior, plays drums in the school's musical "Little Shop of Horrors" that runs at 7 p.m. May 5-7 and 11-13 at the Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center.
Tim Higgins could hardly wait to share that the ShoWare Center in Kent made a profit in the first three months of 2011.
"I like to go right to the bottom," said Higgins, the arena's general manager, said as he prepared to tell the Public Facilities District board Thursday about the income statement for January through March. "We were in the black for the first quarter at about $12,000."
The Kent School Board has approved cuts to 110 employees in the 2011-12 district budget because of a loss of federal and state funding.
Fans of Kent's Stefano Langone will have to go to Everett if they want to see him sing as part of the 2011 "American Idols Live" tour.
Happy days are certainly ahead for Robert Poole.
Before Poole stars as Richie Cunningham May 4-7 and 11-14 in the Kentridge High School musical "Happy Days," he heads off for a four-day visit to Stanford University to help him decide whether to attend the Palo Alto, Calif., school, Princeton University or the University of Southern California.
After striking a barrier in Pierce County, the driver of a Chevrolet pickup drove northbound Interstate 5 on three tires for an estimated 10 miles before a State Patrol trooper stopped the driver off the South 200th Street exit near Kent.
Kent Police released photographs Tuesday of a man they believe to be associated with the April 20 shooting on a Metro bus in Kent.
The body found Friday, April 22 in the Green River near Kent has been identified as Leah McHugo, 84, of Auburn, by the King County Medical Examiner's Office.
Kent Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he reportedly busted a bedroom window that cut his male roommate in the face with the broken glass.
The extended run on "American Idol" came to an end for Kent's Stefano Langone.
Langone, 22, was eliminated from the Fox show Thursday night. He was in the bottom three for the fourth time in five weeks but failed to survive this time after more than 52 million votes by viewers.
High collision and injury rates on the highway prompts City Council to act.
Both occupants escaped injury as a small-engine plane emergency landed safely Wednesday afternoon near the Smith Brothers Farms in Kent after its engine reportedly failed on takeoff from the Auburn Municipal Airport.
Can Kent's Stefano Langone finally avoid the bottom three this week on "American Idol?"
Langone, 22, performed a rendition of "Closer" by Ne-Yo Wednesday night on Fox as the seven remaining contestants performed songs from the 21st Century, the broadest selection the show has required of the singers. Six contestants will advance to next week.
If change is good, then Kent just might end up with the best team in the professional Indoor Football League.
New owner Tom Dowling made it official at a press conference Friday at the ShoWare Center that the team will be called the Seattle Timberwolves rather than the Kent Predators and be coached by Sean Ponder rather than Keith Evans.
Kent's Stefano Langone survived the bottom three again Thursday night on "American Idol."
A King County Superior Court jury Thursday found Randall Edward Connor guilty of first-degree murder for the stabbing death of Merianne Lorentson in 2007 at her Kent apartment.
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.
