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Kent man, 66, dies in three-vehicle crash along Kent-Kangley Road. He was driving Ford Mustang that crossed into the oncoming lanes Friday night, Jan. 10
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Kent man, 66, dies in three-vehicle crash along Kent-Kangley Road. He was driving Ford Mustang that crossed into the oncoming lanes Friday night, Jan. 10
Inslee reduces sentence for man convicted in Kent Denny’s shooting
2 days ago · A man who shot and injured five people in 2007 at the Denny’s restaurant in Kent will get released 17 years early from his prison sentence after Gov. Jay Inslee on Jan. 10 signed a conditional commutation. Frank Lee Evans III, 41, must serve one …
Kent Police seek public’s help to find missing persons
1 day ago · Kent Police are asking for the public’s help to find three people reported missing out of Kent, a 15-year-old boy, 16-year-old girl and 69-year-old woman. Each of these people have been missing for some time, and other investigative steps have not yet yielded positive results in any of the three ...
Year in review: Kent’s top stories of 2024 | Kent Reporter
Jan 1, 2025 · A look at a couple of the top stories each month in the Kent Reporter print editions from 2024: January • Mayor and police chief push for sales tax bill in Olympia: Kent Mayor Dana Ralph and Police Chief Rafael Padilla announced their plan to lobby the Legislature to approve allowing the City Council (without a vote of the people) to enact a sales tax hike of 0.3% (3 cents on every $10 ...
Kent Reporter’s most viewed web stories of 2024
Dec 31, 2024 · Summary: A Kentwood High School student died Wednesday morning, Feb. 7 in Covington from a “medical event.” The King County Sheriff’s Office, which contracts with the City of Covington for police services, issued the following statement Feb. 8: “This incident is not being investigated as a ‘suspicious’ (death),” said Sgt. Eric White, …
Fiery head-on crash in Kent along State Route 167 critically injures ...
3 days ago · The Washington State Patrol arrested a 22-year-old Tacoma man for investigation of vehicular assault after a fiery head-on collision early Sunday, Jan. 12 along State Route 167 in Kent near South 277th Street. The collision critically injured one driver. The wrong-way driver was traveling southbound ...
Death of Kent man, 61, at home in October 2024 ruled homicide
Jan 7, 2025 · The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the Oct. 24, 2024 manner of death of a 61-year-old Kent man as homicide. Anthony Sperry died of acute pneumonia in the setting of immobility, left femoral neck fracture status post repair and blunt force injuries of left lower extremity, according to the Jan. 6 medical examiner’s office media report. The medical examiner’s initial ...
City of Kent crime numbers drop in 2024 compared to 2023
Dec 19, 2024 · Crimes are down in the city this year compared to 2023 in seven major categories tracked by the Kent Police Department. That includes drops of 39% in vehicle thefts, 27% in commercial burglaries and 21% in robberies, according to statistics released by Police Chief Rafael Padilla during his Public Safety Report at the Dec. 10 City Council meeting.