Sheriff's detectives are looking for help from the public to solve a 2001 homicide. The crime occurred on Aug. 28, 2001, just slightly over nine years ago.
Specifically, they at least hope to find the White Center house where the suspect took the victim and her sister prior to fatally shooting one of them on a street corner.
King County prosecutors charged a 31-year-old Renton man Aug. 27 with two counts of vehicular homicide in connection with the deaths of two Des Moines women Aug. 24 in a three-car accident in Kent.
A 55-year-old Auburn man who had a medical emergency Aug. 24 while in custody at the King County jail in Kent, died Aug. 26 at Valley Medical Center in Renton.
Ronald Smail was booked into the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle Aug. 21, and transferred to the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent the following day, according to a county Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention media release.
Summer, it seemed, wasn’t ready to be over.
With temperatures hovering in the high 80s Tuesday, the sun beat down as if it were the Fourth of July weekend.
But at Mill Creek Middle School, there were obvious signs summer was on its way out.
The parking lot was full and the grounds buzzed, with students as well as teachers.
Walk your dog, ride your horse or simply just walk in The Bark and Ride for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, Aug. 28-29 at Kent’s Reber Ranch, 28606 132nd Ave. S.E.
Republican challenge Mark Hargrove has taken a slight lead over incumbent Geoff Simpson, D-Covington, in the state representative race for Legislative District 47 Position No. 1, according to the Primary Election results.
Lifelong Kent resident Marci Adelsman has always been a bit of a tinkerer.
So it wasn't too surprising when the Kent-Meridian High School grad started playing around with the ingredients for a recipe she'd once seen on the "Barefoot Contessa" cooking program.
And after a year of tinkering, Adelsman wound up with something completely different from what she'd started out with: her own recipe for a chicken-salad dish, which she called Chicken Tender and Brown Rice Salad.
But here's where the surprise comes in.
On a lark, Adelsman sent the recipe to a cooking contest. To her amazement, she was chosen as a Washington semi-finalist in the first-ever Foster Farms West Coast Chicken Cooking Contest, netting her $100 and a chance to vie for a win at regionals on Wednesday.
Two Des Moines women died in a three-car accident at about 8:46 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Southeast 208th Street and 108th Avenue Southeast in the Panther Lake area of Kent's East Hill.
The victims were identified as Kiana Cormier, 24, and Jessica Stenseth, 23, according to the Kent Police. Police initially had reported that a man and a woman died in the crash.
The Kent School Board will have a public hearing tonight to take testimony on the district's budget for the 2010-11 school year. The board is scheduled to adopt the budget after the hearing.
The meeting gets under way 7 p.m. at district headquarters, 12033 S.E. 256th St., Kent.
A 54-year-old Auburn grandmother pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three counts of first-degree child molestation in connection with the alleged abuse of three children who stayed with her while she lived in Kent.
Rose Marie Johnson entered the plea at King County Superior Court in Seattle, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
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Homeowners living within King County Public Hospital District No. 1 boundaries now have more chances to qualify for what's known as the “Valley Dividend.” ("Valley" as in Valley Medical Center, the hospital facility operated by Hospital District No. 1.)
The pain began to get more consistent and stronger as Cindy Wayner tried to enjoy a relaxing Sunday night at her Kent home 30 weeks into her first pregnancy.
The pregnancy had gone smoothly for the 27-year-old, so the intense pains didn't make sense. It was still much too early to give birth.
"My husband (Chris Wayner) thought I was being dramatic," Wayner said as she recalled her story during an Aug. 19 interview.
Twice as many drivers chose to pay a fee to use the High-Occupany (HOT) lanes (also known as carpool lanes) on SR 167, according to an annual report released Thursday by the Washington State Department of Transportation.
The Lingerie Football League and MTV2 have joined to offer a new show this fall about the women's league that features seven-on-seven tackle football.
An overview of local legislative races connected to the Kent area.
It could be a hotly contested Legislative District 47 Senate race this fall between Republican challenger Joe Fain and incumbent Claudia Kauffman, D-Kent, according to the Primary Election results.
Fain has received 9,924 votes (54.78 percent) and Kauffman has 8,157 votes (45.03 percent) through ballots counted as of Aug. 18. Both will advance to the General Election Nov. 2.
Here are the King County Elections results in local races for the 2010 Primary through votes counted as of Aug. 19.
A 28-year-old Kent man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg during a confrontation at about 3:50 p.m. Aug. 18 in the driveway of the Rock Creek Apartments, 23240 88th Ave. S.
The gunman remains at large, according to a Kent Police media release. The gunman is described as a black man, ages 20 to 25. He fled the scene driving a late model Chevrolet sedan, possibly champagne or purple colored.
The Seattle Thunderbirds have just released the team’s training camp schedule for the upcoming season.
