Enjoy food, music and games at Kent’s 13th annual Fourth of July Splash at Lake Meridian Park
Venoy Overton posted bail Thursday and is out of custody as he faces a charge of second-degree promoting prostitution in connection with an 18-year-old woman who he allegedly drove to Pacific Highway in Kent to engage in prostitution.
Legal fireworks are allowed in Kent but can only be discharged between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. on Monday, July 4.
A Kent man who died two years ago on the Fourth of July as he rescued a boy in the Columbia River in Oregon was named Thursday as a recipient of a Carnegie Medal for his life-saving effort.
Kelli Sheldon, Danielle Taylor and Tina Chen are the finalists for the 2011 Miss Cornucopia title at the Kent Cornucopia Days July 7-10 in downtown Kent.
A semi tractor and trailer combination lost control when the driver fell asleep causing damage that closed State Route 18 just west of State Route 516 for more than two hours at about 1 a.m. Friday.
King County’s Facilities Management Division delivered boxes of dehydrated soup mix, cereal, assorted snacks, and other items to the Kent Food Bank on Wednesday.
Venoy Overton pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of second-degree promoting prostitution in connection with an 18-year-old woman who he allegedly drove to Pacific Highway in Kent to earn money through sex with men customers.
Mayor Suzette Cooke dedicated the new mural by Lee Schlosser tittled “Find and Seek” at the Kent Lions Skate Park, Wednesday. Former Kent resident Lee Schlosser and a hand full of volunteers spent over 50 hours in three days to complete the mural.
Chris Salzer and Patty Sikora watched from their Kent dragon boat as young children lined the shores of the Love River in Kaohsiung, Taiwan during a practice run. Then they heard the chant.
“Pad-dle, pad-dle, pad-dle,” the children yelled.
Jake Ehrensperger hopes the 14-year-old Kent driver who struck his pickup recently on Interstate 5 in Tukwila learns a lesson.
The 13th annual Fourth of July Splash is scheduled from noon to about 10:30 p.m. at Lake Meridian Park 14800 SE 272nd Street.
King County prosecutors have charged a 69-year-old Pierce County transient and registered sex offender with first-degree child molestation in connection with incidents last year with a then 4-year-old girl in Kent.
South County Cats received a grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or ASPCA, the nation’s oldest animal welfare organization, for its companion cat spay/neuter voucher program.
A 74-year-old Auburn man died Sunday from injuries after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a jeep at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday near Lake Meridian Park on Kent's East Hill.
Dawn Smith, a former Kent resident and a graduate of Kent-Meridian High School, was recently named the 2011 Texas Middle School Principal of the Year.
AAA, a Washington auto club, forecasts 39 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Independence Day holiday weekend, a 2.5 percent decline from the 40 million people who traveled a year ago.
The Independence Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, June 30 to Monday, July 4.
The following students from Kent were recently listed on the 2011 spring semester dean’s list at the University of Portland:
Getting others back on their feet is the goal of Way Back Inn, Vern and Dorothy Francis.
A mural that was hung on a fence on one of the busiest corners of Kent’s East Hill for months has recently been removed.
