Elephants will be among the circus animals making their way to the ShoWare Center in a parade Wednesday.

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Drivers beware: Circus animals on parade Wednesday in Kent, Renton

Drivers need to beware of elephants, tigers, zebras, horses and dogs as the Ringling Bros. and Barnum &…

This Kent East Hill resident

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‘So rare and so disturbing’: Kent couple survives invasion of their home

(Note: the couple in this story agreed to be interviewed on the condition their names not be used.…

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Circus parade time, route yet to be determined

Expect elephants, tigers and other animals in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to parade Sept.…

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Party time: Kent plans its fifth-annual downtown block party

First Avenue South in downtown Kent turns into a party zone Sept. 11. Merchants along the street will…

Sound Transit light rail expansion to Highline Community College and South 272nd may force the business near the college and on Pacific Highway to relocate for a light rail station.

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Envision Midway: Future rail corridor from airport to Kent slowly taking shape

When Sound Transit expands light rail along Pacific Highway from Sea-Tac Airport to Kent by 2020, city officials…

Kent Youth Soccer League Coach Deb Tulloch preps her team before a 2008 game at the Pea Patch soccer fields. The popular location could be closing.

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Park quandary: Pea Patch soccer fields one of several on closure list

Kent Youth Soccer Association and city officials are scrambling to deal with a proposal by Acting King County…

Renton resident Al Chmura grows nearly 250 dahlias at the Kent Pea Patch

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Coming up dahlias in Kent: Flower show comes to Kent Commons

It will be easy to figure out next week where all of the flowers have gone. Well, at…

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Kent Council races: looks to be Albertson versus Koepp

Come Nov. 3, incumbent Elizabeth Albertson will likely face off against challenger Geoff Koepp for a seat on…

Allied Waste Services' Lead Driver John Egan Jr. demonstrates how his firm's truck can grab the recycling bin and unload it in to the truck. The City of Kent is seeking bids for a new garbage collection contract. Allied Waste Services is one of the current city contractors and will be submitting a bid.

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Waste haulers putting in bids for Kent garbage contract

City staff soon will sort through proposals from five companies that want to earn Kent’s next garbage and…

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Man dies in Panther Lake house fire; cause was stove burner accidentally left on

A 32-year-old man died early Saturday in a Panther Lake house fire in the 10900 block of Southeast…

Joseph Thurura of Kent was sentenced Friday to 8 1/2 years in prison for the  rape of Karen Clark while he was the woman's caregiver.

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Judge sentences Kent caregiver to 8 1/2 years for rape

A 32-year-old Kent man was sentenced Friday to the maximum 8 1/2 years in prison for the second-degree…

Charles Cortes/ Reporter/ 08/11/09 Tonya Carlone holds up her son Gavin and poses for a photo Aug. 11 with Mariners starting pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith. Rowland-Smith

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M’s pitcher Rowland-Smith hits one out of the park in Kent

Sheryl Sharp pulled her hair back to show off her earrings after she collected an autograph from Seattle…

Jennifer Hanke and Orval Dealy of Kent demonstrate their dancing skills at the Kent Senior Activity Center. Hanke and Dealy are will be dance partners during the center’s first-ever Summer Ball. CHARLES CORTES

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Dance the night away at Kent Summer Ball

Jennifer Hanke wants people to know that dancing to live bands at the Kent Senior Activity Center isn’t…

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Husband arrested after reportedly punching, hitting his wife while she breast-fed their baby

Assault Police arrested a 46-year-old man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he reportedly punched and hit his…

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Valley Medical Center board candidates lob issues at each other

Valley Medical Center board candidates lob issues at each other By Steve Hunter shunter@kentreporter.com The race is heating…

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Lit cigarette the cause of major I-5 brush fire near Kent

A lit cigarette tossed out of a vehicle ignited a large brush fire that broke out early Wednesday…

A temperature gauge at Meridian Dental Clinic on Smith Street in the Kent Valley registers 105 degrees at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday.

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A real scorcher for Kent: Heat wave goes over the 100-degree mark

Louise Paulson has lived for 44 years in Kent and she’s never felt heat like this. “I don’t…

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City of Kent settles police-shooting lawsuit for $400,000

The city of Kent has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a civil lawsuit filed against the city…

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In the running: Three candidates vying for Kent Council post

Geoff Koepp and Barbara Phillips each want to bring a fresh perspective to the Kent City Council, while…

Bethany and Brady Carson join their mother

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Mail thieves make the rounds: Kent family’s mailbox raided five times

Kent resident Debbe Carson wants residents to know that people do steal mail out of mailboxes. She’s had…