Kent

Crews are investigating after a home in Kent's East Hill neighborhood caught fire Thursday morning.

Thousands lost internet service after vandals severed Xfinity cables in Kent, targeting wires for copper that wasn’t there. Comcast says similar thefts have hit businesses throughout the year, prompting police to investigate and warn that cutting telecom lines is a serious crime affecting the entire community.

Police from multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating a shooting in Kent near Star Lake.

The rate of violent crimes statewide is outpacing the number of available responding officers. The latest data from the 2022 Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs crime report shows law-breaking is at an all-time high, while police staffing has plummeted.

New information from court documents reveals the 19-year-old driver failed multiple field sobriety tests and blew a .150 in a preliminary breath test, which is about twice the legal limit.

A serial domestic violence offender is behind bars after he tried to run away from Tacoma police and ended up getting tased.

Kent police have launched a homicide investigation after a man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting Sunday night.

Authorities are urgently searching for Isaiah Jamal Andrews, 20, of Kent, after he was mistakenly released from custody in Contra Costa County, California. Andrews was being held on state charges, a juvenile warrant, and a homicide warrant related to an Oct. 15 fatal shooting in Seattle’s Northgate area.

A Kent apartment was destroyed and multiple families were displaced after a fire overnight.

A fatal motorcycle crash early Friday shut down northbound I-5 near Kent around SR 516, leaving one lane open as troopers investigate.

Starbucks is laying off nearly 1,000 workers in Seattle and Kent, according to the Washington State Employment Security Department.

The planned lack of funding for King County prosecutors has some cities concerned, especially those with a higher number of crimes to prosecute.