Kent's Stefano Langone performed for a spot in the top seven Wednesday night on "American Idol."
Employment Security Department investigators identified nearly 7,000 people last year who lied, cheated, scammed and schemed in order to collect unemployment benefits.
These claimants collected more than $14 million in unemployment benefits through fraud – about 56 percent more than in 2009.
Vandersloot, a 2007 Kentwood High School graduate and Gonzaga University star, was selected Monday in the first round – third overall – by the Chicago Sky in the WNBA draft.
An Indoor Football League team will continue to play at the ShoWare Center in Kent but with a new name, owners and coach.
The new owners plan to officially announce the changes at a press conference at 3 p.m. Friday at the ShoWare Center.
The week of April 10 - 16 is National Telecommunicators Week, and Communications Officers of the Washington State Patrol have offered tips on the right time to call 911.
Closing arguments are expected either Wednesday, April 13 or Thursday, April 14 at King County Superior Court in Seattle for the man accused of stabbing to death a Kent woman in 2007.
The 16th annual Junior Spring Classic is Sunday, April 17 at Riverbend Golf Complex in Kent.
The week of April 10 through 16 is National Telecommunicators Week, intended to honor the first link in the chain of emergency police, fire and medical responses.
If you’ve ever been the victim of a crime, been in a collision, reported a fire or needed emergency medical help, you’ve called 911 and been helped by a telecommunicator.
The King County Council aproved a plan that would create partnerships between the county and community groups that want to “till the soil.”
The County’s Community Garden Program Implementation Plan would give community groups access to county parcels that they would manage and cultivate for gardens.
Kent-Meridian High School - it’s the “scary school at the top of the hill,” right? It certainly looks scary sitting there on Kent East Hill, surrounded by chain-link fence, with a city bus stop right outside and a McDonald’s located across the street in a low income, ethnically diverse neighborhood.
Taryn Fairbanks, a former teacher in the Kent and Renton school districts, was sentenced Friday in Seattle to six months in jail for first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor for having a sexual act with a 17-year-old male student in June when she was a teacher at Garfield High School.
When still just a suspect as the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway told FBI agents he had an addiction to prostitutes like an alcoholic has an addiction to alcohol.
Kent defense attorney Mark Prothero shared that insight about Ridgway and many other specifics about the Green River Killer during a presentation at the Kent Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon April 6 at the Meridian Valley Country Club.
Kent's Stefano Langone appeared to be as shocked as anyone when "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest announced Thursday night on Fox that Pia Toscano had been eliminated from the show based on votes by viewers.
South Side Dance Force Poetry Performance
A 911 operator with Valley Communications Center in Kent was honored April 4 for her life-saving actions during a 911 call for help in February.
Kent's Stefano Langone performed a rendition of "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge Wednesday night on "American Idol" with a chance to move on to the elite eight among contestants.
King County prosecutors have charged a 29-year-old man with communication with a minor for immoral purposes of a sexual nature after he allegedly exchanged naked photos with a 14-year-old Kent boy.
Youths throughout King County showed their family dogs, mixed breed and purebred, Saturday April 2, at Argus Ranch.
Kent Police arrested two women on prostitution charges April 2 at a Kent hotel after undercover officers responded to an ad offering escort services.
Two members of the same Kent family were arrested for DUI in King County within one hour of each other on April 3, according to the Washington State Patrol.
