Four young women are vying for the Miss Cornucopia title this year. You can see the pageant for yourself 2 p.m. Friday at the festival's Main Stage at Second and Smith street, when the Cornucopia Queen is announced. With her court of queen candidates, she will then preside over the rest of Kent's Cornucopia Days, as well as other community events over the next year.
Join King County Councilwoman Julia Patterson, Kent Reporter Publisher Polly Shepherd and Editor Laura Pierce for lunch noon Friday at the Kent Senior Activity Center.
While following up on an early-morning, domestic-violence assault July 7, Kent Police Officers located the suspect, a 42-year-old Kent man, atop a City water tower at about noon.
When contacted, the man made suicidal and homicidal threats to police negotiators, then reportedly feigned surrender as he attempted to draw an apparent weapon from his pocket. Officers shot the man, believing there was a threat to themselves as well as an adjacent day-care facility.
Good times are about to roll again downtown at the 39th annual Kent Cornucopia Days.
More than 600 vendors will fill 19 blocks and draw an estimated 250,000 people to the July 9-11 festival that features food, crafts, a fun run, dragon boat races, music, a carnival and a parade.
With temperatures expected in the 80s and 90s through the weekend of July 9-11, the Kent Fire Department and the Office of Emergency Management has several tips about how to stay cool and beat the heat.
Nearly 1,000 people are expected to attend the Valley Medical Center's 10th annual Joint Center Reunion from 6:30-8:30 p.m. July 8 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Police from Kent and San Diego arrested a 34-year-old Kent man Wednesday morning outside his home in the Panther Lake area in connection with a double homicide of two Navy sailors in 1993 in San Diego.
Kent detectives worked with the cold case squad from the San Diego Police and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to find the man, according to a Kent Police media release.
A heat wave has been predicted for the next three days, and Regional Animal Services, the Office of Emergency Management, and Public Health – Seattle & King County are reminding residents that by taking simple precautions, they can keep family and pets cool and safe.
Al Morgan grabs one end of the large belt attached to the coffin to help lower it into the ground on a partly cloudy morning at the Tahoma National Cemetery.
The job was just one of the various tasks Morgan and eight other inmates (all nonviolent offenders) from the Kent city jail perform each day at the cemetery in unincorporated Kent near Maple Valley.
The crew also picks up old flowers at grave sites, digs holes to place headstones and makes sure the rows of headstones are lined up straight.
Country singer Ray Wylie Hubbard performs from 7-8:30 p.m. July 8 at the city of Kent's annual Thursdays by the Lake at Lake Meridian Park, 14800 S.E. 272nd St.
Gray skies couldn't dampen the spirit of participants at the Kent Fourth of July Splash. The city's big ode to Independence Day had the hallmarks of an old-fashioned festival, with pie- and watermelon-eating contests, live music, and of course fireworks.
A 64-year-old SeaTac man was injured when homemade fireworks exploded last night (July 4), sending him to Harborview Medical Center with critical injuries.
The Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit and Bomb Disposal Unit are investigating.
Animal cruelty
Kent Police cited a 61-year-old woman for animal cruelty after she left a dog locked alone in a parked car for at least 30 minutes at about 6:30 p.m. June 24 at a parking lot in the 400 block of Ramsay Way.
A Kent fire investigator as of Sunday afternoon was looking into the cause of a house fire that took place this morning, July 4, in the 13500 block of S.E. 233 Street. The fire, which was first reported at 11:20 a.m., has displaced three people.
The Kent Fire Department wants to remind residents and visitors that the Fourth of July, while a time to celebrate our country’s independence, also is a day of potential injuries and fires.
With sincere hearts, we - Jayne Johnson and Family extend our gratitude for the time, talent, abilities, and contributions that have changed our lives for the better. It's absolute truth: Life is about meaningful relationships in community.
On July 1, residents in unincorporated King County and 27 contracting cities will have a new Regional Animal Services model to handle animal control, sheltering and licensing services.
An estimated 1,900 customers of Puget Sound Energy lost power for a couple of hours the morning of July 2 on Kent's East Hill near Lake Meridian.
Tree branches hit power lines along Canyon Drive and caused the loss of power at about 8:15 a.m. July 2, said a PSE spokeswoman.
The Washington State Patrol issued 667 citations to drivers for cell phone or texting violations between June 10 and July 1.
A longtime, friendly face at the Kent Downtown Partnership hung up her calculator last week.
Libby Seidel, a volunteer financial wizard for the nonprofit for the past eight years, resigned her duties June 30.
