The State House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Monday in Olympia to increase sentences for vehicular homicide convictions.
A former Kent insurance agent wants to withdraw her guilty plea to 10 counts of first-degree theft for stealing more than $1 million in retirement funds from five people.
A measure aimed to help reduce the number of car thefts in Washington state passed the House on an unanimous vote last week in Olympia.
A former Highline School District teacher and coach faces a Feb. 23 court hearing for a third-degree attempted rape charge in connection with a girl he met at Kent's Lake Meridian Park.
The Washington State Patrol arrested a 24-year-old Kent man for investigation of drunk driving after he drove the wrong way on Highway 18 at about 12:38 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 12.
With strong bi-partisan collaboration, two measures aimed at reducing the commercial sale of sex in Washington state passed the House unanimously Friday in Olympia.
The Kent Police Department will address community crime concerns during an informational public meeting from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
The "So You Think Kent Has Talent" show will return for a second year.
The city of Kent's fiscal health received some bad news this week.
The first eight of the so-called “Camper Cats” taken into custody last month in Auburn are now available for adoption at the King County Pet Adoption Center in Kent.
Kent city officials hope to get reimbursed for as much as $280,000 by the federal government for costs spent during the January snow and ice storms.
The Washington State Patrol arrested a Bothell man for investigation of assault after he reportedly hit another driver with a small sledgehammer during a road rage.
Kent Police arrested a woman for investigation of two counts of fourth-degree assault after she reportedly pushed over another woman (her significant other) and the son-in-law of her lover.
A total of 1,504 vehicles dropped off storm debris in Kent during a King County collection event last weekend.
Kent's ShoWare Center Public Facilities District Board will have a special meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 at the Centennial North and South conference rooms at the city of Kent's Centennial Center, 400 W. Gowe St.
Construction has started in Kent on a new $1.2 million community center at a 114-unit public housing complex on the East Hill.
Chief Ken Thomas expects the Kent Police Department to move ahead "just fine" despite the retirements of three longtime officers.
When Kent Police officers Brian Jones, Mike Painter and Wayne Himple each hang up their blue uniforms for the final time over the next month, they will take away 97 years of experience from the department.
Nine Kent adults and six children were displaced by an apartment fire at about 8:51 a.m. Friday in the 1600 block of Maple Lane in the Kent Valley.
Kent city officials sent out a scam alert Friday morning via Twitter about someone with a white truck and a Kent logo offering to pick up tree limbs for $25 cash.
