Free blood pressure and blood sugar checks as well as fitness classes are part of the Senior Wellness day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
Author Christine Cashen will be the keynote speaker at the first anniversary celebration of GLOW, the Valley Medical Center’s health and wellness program created by women, for women.
Kent artist Cheryl Renee Long will offer a watercolor class for children ages 12 and older starting Sept. 20 at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center, 23220 Maple Valley Highway S.E.
Police arrested a man for investigation of third-degree malicious mischief after he reportedly ripped a phone out of the wall at the Kent Police Station, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
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Residents are invited to a grand opening of the new Kent-Meridian High School gym complex from 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14.
Former Kentlake High School math teacher Barbara Jeanne Anderson was sentenced to eight months in jail for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor, according to King County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Dan Donahoe.
The Kent Police will receive a $66,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to fund ballistic shields for officers as well as upgraded security cameras for the city jail and the Panther Lake police substation.
An inmate in the custody of the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention died overnight, at the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle, according to a release from the county.
Residents can voice their opinions to the Kent City Council about priorities for the 2012 budget at a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 at City Hall, 220 Fourth Ave. S.
Facebook and cell phones are the communication vehicles of today’s teenagers.
A total of 106 events in Kent were part of the city's 28th annual National Night Out.
Kent City Historian Jack Becvar will present, “History of Kent Aviation,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 15 at the Kent Historical Museum. Admission is $10 for museum members, $13 for nonmembers and free for students, and includes dessert, coffee and tea. Space is limited; reservations are required.
The financial challenges continue for the Lucy Lopez Community Center in Kent.
The trial date was continued Friday to Nov. 7 for Shacon Fontane Barbee, the Seattle man charged with promoting prostitution, leading organized crime, promoting sexual abuse of a minor and other charges.
The ShoWare Center in Kent will host a men's college basketball game when Seattle University plays Evergreen State at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28.
Principal Wade Barringer expects the soon-to-be completed Kent-Meridian High School gym to "be one of the best gym complexes in the state."
A new technology allows detectives throughout King County to match palm prints to suspects to help solve crimes.
Kent schools will have the option to use a prerecorded message by the Kent Police in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks during morning announcements Friday, Sept. 9 or Monday, Sept. 12.