A group of about 65 community members, school district staff and students met for a second time in a week Friday at the Kent School District administration building.
They had a specific job in front of them, and one which school administration hopes will be a lasting effort:
Developing a new strategic plan for the Kent School District.
Kent Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man who reportedly tried to lure girls to his car.
The incident occurred at about 4:45 p.m. Sept. 27 when two groups of girls were walking in the area of 120th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 236th Street, just east of Meridian Middle School, according to an Oct. 1 Kent Police media release.
Two men in their 30s were critically injured by multiple gunshots at about 8:13 p.m. Thursday at the Country Squire Apartments, 10835 S.E. 200th St., in the Panther Lake area of Kent.
(Editor's Note: The Kent Reporter only just learned of this event today from the Kent School District. We will provide additional information as soon as we can obtain it, by Friday.)
To focus on helping its students compete as global citizens, the Kent School District began a major strategic-planning process Sept. 30 by convening an entity it's calling the District Strategic Plan Steering Committee.
When Cristina Cianca needed help, the Lucy Lopez Center was there for her.
The Panama-born mother, who immigrated here seven years ago, was in serious need of legal assistance last year regarding her immigration status.
She’d spotted the center as she was driving along Washington Avenue. Curious to see if they could help her, she stopped in.
Cianca, who has two grown children living in Washington, wanted to ensure her ability to stay in this country. To do that, she needed to embark on a complex immigration pathway that started with a paper trail.
Within minutes of walking through the door, Cianca was getting assistance from Lucy Lopez Center staff, ensuring her access to an immigration attorney willing to talk with her for free.
There is a new game in town. And it's soon expected to catch the attention of kids of all ages.
NEOS, an interactive electronic playground game station where players move from one area to another to hit flashing lights on monitors before the lights disappear, debuts Oct. 2 at the Wilson Playfields, 13028 S.E. 251st St., on Kent's East Hill.
A regional law enforcement rally against domestic violence is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
Police officers from Kent, the King County Sheriff’s Office, Auburn, Federal Way and other South King County agencies will gather along with the State Attorney General Rob McKenna and representatives from the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
King County Sheriff Sue Rahr announced Tuesday that Kent Police Chief Steve Strachan will take a new job next year in the King County Sheriff's Office as an undersheriff.
Videos from two robberies helped Seattle Police track down a man in the King County jail who allegedly robbed a Kent 7-Eleven store on Sept. 12 and a Seattle bank Sept. 14.
The 37-year-old Seattle man had been taken into custody for an unrelated charge several days after the robberies, according to a Kent Police media release.
The 2010 Smith & Wesson USPSA National Handgun Championships Oct. 9-16 will bring together the best shooters from across America, and around the world, in a quest for the coveted title of National Champion in the dynamic “run-and-gun” sport of practical shooting.
Residents dropped off 178 pounds of prescribed medications Sept. 25 at the Kent Police station during the department's first Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
A 22-month-old girl was struck and killed by a car Saturday night after she walked out on the Benson Road in Kent after leaving a relative's nearby house.
The girl's 43-year-old aunt, who tried to save her, also was struck by a car and remained hospitalized Monday in critical condition.
When King County animal-control officer Pam McClaren walked into the abandoned East Hill house earlier this month with a search warrant, it was all she could do not to lose her cool.
The three dogs had been left in the home for roughly three weeks, faring as best they could with little food or water.
In preparation for a 2011 King County Budget that will include $60 million in cuts, the chair of the Metropolitan King County Council’s Budget Leadership team is encouraging the public to get involved by going to the Budget Committee’s four public hearings.
Sanmogam Pillay smiled proudly as his wife, Rajmani, wheeled him outside their Kent home on the East Hill last week to see the new wheelchair ramp under construction by volunteers.
Kent’s ShoWare Center, was named the winner of Seattle Business magazine’s Green Washington award in the sports arena category.
One of 13 winners, ShoWare Center was chosen from more than 100 nominees for demonstrating leadership, innovation and commitment to sustaining the environment, according to a city of Kent media release.
A 15-year-old Kent-Meridian High School student pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of first-degree robbery and third-degree theft in King County Juvenile Court in Seattle.
Kent Police arrested the boy Sept. 17 for allegedly robbing four 14-year-old male students of their cell phones Sept. 11 at a restaurant parking lot across from the high school after a Saturday night football game.
The City of Kent and Regional Animal Services of King County have teamed up with Kent Station to promote dog and cat licensing in Kent while having fun. On Saturday, Kent Station will host “Dog Daze & Feline Fantasies,” an afternoon dedicated to cats, dogs and their humans.
With Alan Undem's 17 arrests over the last eight years, court appearances have been commonplace for the 29-year-old Renton man.
Undem appeared Tuesday in King County Superior Court in Kent to plead not guilty to a felony charge of vehicular assault in connection with a T-bone collision Sept. 8 on Kent's East Hill that has left his passenger, a Renton man, 27, hospitalized for two weeks in serious condition.
A Kent mobile home fire at about 2:15 a.m. Thursday displaced a family of four in the 24400 block of 64th Avenue South.
No one was injured in the fire.
