Richard Frankel reaches the same conclusion whenever he tries to cope with his son's murder.
"It doesn't make any sense," Frankel said during a Monday phone interview from his Hawaii home. "You never expect your child to die before you, especially something so sudden.
"Even now, it's hard to believe it happened."
The Kent Police Youth Board ran a Game of Life conference for middle and high school students Dec. 7-8 at Kent Commons.
Classical KING FM is reminding the Northwest’s young musicians of the deadline to enter its second-annual Ten Grands Young Artist Awards, Jan. 14.
KING FM’s Ten Grands Young Artist Awards celebrates the talented youth of the Northwest who are pursuing their dreams in music. Youth between the ages of 6 and 18 who are non-professional acoustic instrumentalists, vocalists, or in an ensemble, and reside in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho, are invited to submit a 5-minute YouTube video showcasing their talents.
Kentlake High School students went home early Tuesday after a wind storm knocked out power to the school.
Kent Police arrested a 34-year-old man for investigation of fourth-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief after he allegedly punched his girlfriend as well as kicked and dented her 2000 Mercedes Benz 230 after a dispute at a Kent bar.
Boeing employee and regular Lottery player David Hopkins said he is still in shock about his $280,000 Hit 5 win, which he won Dec. 13 at a Des Moines grocery store.
Now that the rain is gone, road crews are turning their attention to the massive cleanup that lies ahead.
In the wake of this weekend’s record rainfall, King County crews are responding to road problems on three fronts - keeping an eye on roads impacted by river flooding, responding to washouts and clogged storm drains caused by urban flooding and cleaning up debris from mudslides.
Currently more that 25 roads are closed in unincorporated areas of King County due to river flooding and slides.
A Kent couple who tried to help a homeless man and woman by taking them in during the winter holidays reportedly were robbed in their own home early Monday morning. Kent Police were called to the couple’s downtown Kent apartment at about 2:20 a.m. The couple told police that their guests, a 25-year-old man and 23-year-old woman, used a knife to threaten and rob them.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to watch levees around western Washington and has deployed six flood fight teams for river observation and conducting emergency operations as rivers continue to rise across western Washington.
Planned water releases from a flood-control dam in the upper Green River watershed will lead to increased flows downstream – including some minor flooding in the middle reach of the Green above Auburn Sunday evening. Meanwhile, the Tolt River has reached a Phase IV flood alert level, with major flooding possible in the Carnation area.
Kent Police provided this list of tips to help prevent vehicle thefts and prowls.
Kent Police report they're continuing to see a steady monthly rate of vehicle thefts and prowls. Thieves stole 709 vehicles in Kent from January through November of this year. But car owners can take steps to help prevent vehicle theft and prowls.
Word spread quickly Friday through Kent City Hall that an arrest had been made in connection with the May death of city employee Seth Frankel.
A 59-year-old Kent man was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison, lifetime supervised release, a $11,000 fine and $8,000 in restitution for sexual exploitation of a child.
Marvin Eckfeldt likes that the proposed 2011 Kent city budget includes 11 new hires for the Panther Lake area, whose 24,000 residents annexed to the city in July.
“That was part of the promise,” said Eckfeldt, who co-chaired the campaign last year for Panther Lake voters to approve annexing to Kent from unincorporated King County. “That was part of the annexation platform that we would get more community
Heavy rain is predicted this weekend from a storm front but the Green River is one of the rivers least likely to flood, according to the National Weather Service.
Mike Miller remembers the first time he met Paul Morford.
“It was 1977 and I walked up to his construction office as a young banker on his muddy walkway,” said Miller, now president of Valley Bank in Kent.
“I had on my wingtips and my three-piece suit.”
Miller quipped wryly, “He always told people I loaned him money when I shouldn’t have.”
Enjoy the outdoors and participate Dec. 11 in the 28th annual city of Kent Christmas Rush Fun Run and Walk.
Paul Eugene Morford passed away at his home surrounded by family Dec. 5, 2010 after a brief battle with liver cancer. He was 77 years old.
Paul was born Oct. 11, 1933 in Missoula, Mont., and grew up in Spokan. He served in the U.S. Army Infantry and was a very proud WSU Cougar alumnus, where he met and married the love of his life, Carol. He received his civil engineering degree from WSU in 1959.
Early-morning drivers should prepare for intermittent closures of the SR 520 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge on Thursday, Dec. 9.
