Parents of students in eight Kent elementary schools now have the option of sending their children to one of three other schools because the schools in question have been identified as in need of improvement under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
A man armed with a box-cutter knife reportedly threatened another man on a Metro bus at about 3:40 p.m. Aug. 6 in the 19600 block of 68th Avenue South.
Bats in King County can have rabies, as an unidentified area couple recently found out when a bat they found in their house tested positive for rabies, according to Public Health-Seattle & King County.
The Kent Human Services Commission has recommended funding for 29 nonprofit programs to be included in Mayor Suzette Cooke’s 2009 proposed budget.
Jude Michael Restis, son of Linda and Jude Restis of Kent, was commissioned Aug. 9 as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.
A 20-year-old Kent man killed Aug. 13 when his motorcycle collided with a car has been identified.
A 45-year-old Kent man continues to be evaluated by doctors at Western State Hospital to help determine if he is competent to stand trial on charges of luring a minor, in connection with a Feb. 25 incident that involved a 15-year-old Kent girl.
Inmates at the city of Kent jail soon will learn how to work as flaggers at construction sites as part of a job-training program, thanks to a grant from the Washington Jail Industries Board.
Kent residents now can use the city’s Web site to file non-emergency crime reports such as theft, identity theft, vandalism and harassing phone calls.
Kent resident James Hong, 24, is training in Cambodia as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Police arrested a man for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he allegedly grabbed his brother around the neck and threw him to the floor at 11:43 p.m. July 29 at a home in the 24600 block of 116th Avenue Southeast.
When friends of John Paquette hear he’s going to Iraq with the National Guard’s 81st Brigade, they have one primary question for him.
“They ask if I’m scared or not,” said Paquette during an interview Monday at his West Hill home.
Paquette, 24, on leave as a city of Kent vegetation maintenance worker, just returned to town this week after a month of training at the Yakima Training Center.
Their buildings are quiet right now – too quiet by their standards – but the five newest principals in the Kent School District are using their time to prepare for the first day of school, because they all know that when those doors open and the kids come piling in, the year moves very fast.
The Kent Food Bank needs volunteers to help distribute food and clothing to homeless and struggling families residing within the Kent School District.
The Kent School Board this week got its first look at the district administration’s latest budget, which is designed to meet a projected $2.6 million gap between expected revenues and expenditures.
A 24-year-old Bonney Lake man who was shot while trying to elude police Aug. 8 remained in custody Tuesday at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
A 20 year-old Kent man was killed at about 8 a.m. Wednesday when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle driven by a 37 year-old Kent man, according to a media release from the King County Sheriff’s Office.
A car reportedly crashed into a Kent home Wednesday night, knocking the house off its foundations.
A car reportedly crashed into a Kent home last night, knocking the house off its foundations.
A Kent man was killed this morning after his motorcycle collided with a car in front of the Indigo Springs apartment complex, at 11101 S.E. 208th St., in unincorporated Kent.
