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.
The Kent Police Department released details on an investigation of a 22-year-old east Kent man who is alleged to have been involved in juvenile prostitution.
The State Office of the Insurance Commissioner has rolled out an online appeals guide for people who have had a health insurance claim denied.
A 27-year-old Kent man convicted of the second-degree murder of a 75-year-old Federal Way woman in 2008 had that decision overturned Monday by the state Court of Appeals.
Jay Maebori, a Kentwood High School teacher, attended National Teacher Appreciation Day and a ceremony with President Obama on Tuesday, May 3 at the White House Rose Garden in Washington, D.C.
Free barn cats are available at the King County animal shelter in Kent to help control rats or mice. The city of Kent contracts with King County for animal services.
The first half of their 2011 property taxes are due today, May 2 for King County property owners.
The annual Greater Kent Historical Society yard sale is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 6-7 at the Kent Historical Society Museum, 855 E. Smith St.
People dropped off 273 pounds of prescribed medications and over-the-counter medicines at the second annual Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday at the downtown Kent Police Station.
Arbor Day and Earth Day Slide Shows
A release from King County announced nine county housing providers—including Seattle Housing Authority, King County Housing Authority, and Housing Resources Group—are developing no-smoking policies for their properties.
With boating season just around the corner, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission’s Boating Program reminds boaters to be safe, know the law and always wear life jackets when boating.
A Covington man riding a motorcycle was seriously injured in an collision with a Jeep Cherokee driven by a Kent woman Friday evening in Maple Valley.
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.
The blues are beginning to lift in Kent because of a map.
Kent Public Works Director Tim LaPorte announced in a release April 5 the city will be using a FEMA or Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance rate map from May 16, 1995 rather than FEMA’s updated map.
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.
Molly Galassi is the 2012 Kent School District Teacher of the Year.
Galassi, a sixth-grade teacher at Horizon Elementary, was selected by committee of administrators, classified employees, previous recipients of the honor, and a union representative, according to a school district media release.
Liberty Belle B-17 Flight Video
Kent Fire Department investigators are looking into the cause of a fire in the 4100 block of South 224th Place in Kent that was first reported at 12:42 p.m. Thursday.
