Ramsey Arteaga brought a message Tuesday to the Kent City Council, in verse.
Arteaga, a recent graduate of Kent-Meridian High School with plans to attend Green River Community College, recited a poem he wrote concerning drug abuse.
Kent Police are still trying to develop leads into who and why someone shot and killed a 27-year-old Kent man Aug. 19 outside of his apartment.
There's reportedly plenty of money in promoting prostitution in Kent and the Seattle area, according to charging documents filed against a 32-year-old Seattle man.
King County Executive Dow Constantine today ordered an inquest into the shooting death of Jedidiah Waters in a Walmart parking lot by a Federal Way police officer on July 21.
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg recommended the inquest after his office reviewed materials from the Kent Police Department, which conducted the investigation at the request of Federal Way Police.
Three Seattle-area men believed responsible for more than half a million dollars in ‘skimming’ theft from cash machines have been arrested and face federal charges.
The annual Wine, Women and Wow! event featuring Northwest wines, shopping, free pampering and the ManCave is from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith St.
The Friends of the Kent Library annual used-book sale is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 16-17 and 1-3 p.m. Sept. 18 at the library, 212 Second Ave. N., in downtown Kent.
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Bill Ptacek has always believed in the power of libraries.
Growing up in Chicago, the long-time director of the King County Library System wanted to make a difference, to disseminate knowledge. Unlike others, he looked past the education field and targeted libraries as a key piece of information sharing.
Tolling on State Route 520 across Lake Washington will start in December, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced last week.
The Kent Downtown Partnership’s Hot Rod and Custom Car Show Aug. 27 drew a large crowd under sunny skies for the family fun.
Kent Police Chief Ken Thomas told residents Tuesday despite the sense among many crime is increasing in the city, the crime rate has been decreasing.
“Kent is a good place to live,” Thomas said. “It is a safe place.”
Kent Police and residents gathered Tuesday evening at the Kent Phoenix Academy gymnasium for the first of several scheduled quarterly community meetings.
A King County Sheriff's deputy shot and seriously wounded a man with a knife during a domestic violence disturbance Sept. 2.
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There are ways to protect yourself as a pedestrian.
Thirteen-year-old Adam Vesperman speaks with a British accent that he didn't have five months ago when he left Kent for London.
Forty Kent schools opened the 2011-12 year Thursday with more than 27,000 students in the classrooms.
Now is the time to register in Kent for Community Emergency Response Team, also known as CERT, training, offered by the Kent Fire Department.
One man was injured in a three-car accident at about 2 a.m. Thursday along southbound Interstate 5 near South 178th Street.
