The following information was compiled based on City of Renton police reports.
Police responded to a bloodied and beat-up man on June 27.
Renate Beedon filed a complaint Tuesday with the Washington Public Disclosure Commission against the King County Library System, claiming the library system over-stepped its bounds by mailing a letter about the upcoming Aug. 7 library vote. The Public Disclosure Commission has received two similar complaints about this issue, said Lori Anderson, a PDC spokeswoman.
The group, Sustainable Renton, has vision. The non-profit, established since December 2011, would like to see a community farm in Renton to benefit the city and members committed to making it happen.
One of the most scenic locales in Renton will once again be the backdrop for a celebration of our nation’s birthday.
An expected 20,000 people will flock to Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park this year for Renton’s Fourth of July event.
The following information was compiled based on City of Renton police reports.
About nine students got into a fight in front of Lindbergh High School, disrupting traffic and damaging a vehicle on June 13.
Three Renton-area, African American pastors have given their endorsement to legalizing, taxing and regulating marijuana for adults.
The Rev. Leslie Braxton of New Beginnings Christian Fellowship, Rev. Carl Livingston of Kingdom Christian Center and Rev. Steve E. Baber of Skyway United Methodist Church announced their support of Initiative 502 mid-June.
Teachers are tasked with perhaps one of the toughest jobs around, educating today’s youth amid so many other distractions students face.
Consider this assignment: instruct a roomful of seventh-grade students in the ways of descriptive writing.
Does that sound challenging?
The following incidents were compiled based on City of Renton police reports.
Two men were robbed at gunpoint in Renton on June 1 after answering a Craigslist.com ad.
Crack cocaine derailed the life of Wayne Harlan Whitehead for about four years before he discovered the ARISE Men’s Homeless Shelter and got back on his feet.
Prior to his transformation, Whitehead was involved with the drug and would get so depressed he didn’t venture outside except to buy beer.
The Renton School District is still in communication with the non-profit organization, Teach for America, to staff hard-to-fill positions in the district.
The Renton School District celebrated the culmination of 13 years of hard work, if you count kindergarten, of seniors graduating from Hazen, Renton and Lindbergh High Schools on Tuesday at ShoWare Center in Kent.
Waves of seniors from each of the schools filed into the back of the center all afternoon to line up for their commencement ceremonies.
The following incidents were compiled based on City of Renton police reports.
Police investigated a loud party complaint on June 3.
An anonymous neighbor in the 500 block of Monroe Avenue Northeast told police of a loud party after 1 a.m.
The pools have been vacuumed, shade umbrellas replaced, the deck has been pressure washed and the chlorine is functioning at optimal levels.
Yes, the Henry Moses Aquatic Center will be open for the season starting Saturday and with a chance of showers in the weekend forecast, it could be a slow start to an expected busy season.
A Newcastle woman was robbed while working at a Renton retail store on May 18.
For a jockey and a thoroughbred to win the Triple Crown – the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont – is a pinnacle seldom reached in horse racing.
Legendary jockey agent Ivan Puhich Jr., a 1945 graduate of Renton High School, will watch and cheer Saturday as jockey Mario Gutierrez races I’ll Have Another in the 1.5-mile Belmont Stakes in New York.
The Renton School District was considering using applicants from the Teach for America program, but a higher influx of more qualified applicants to open teaching positions has taken the idea off the table.
One thousand mourners were expected and hundreds turned out to honor and reflect on the girl with the radiant smile, Jessica Scholl, at her memorial service Sunday afternoon at Lindbergh High School.
The 11th year of Renton’s Farmers Market at the Piazza kicks off Tuesday.
Promising to bring the usual bounties from local farms and other producers, this season’s spread includes goods from new and returning vendors.
A fund-raiser for a camp that hosts burn survivors from Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana and Idaho is Saturday in neighborhoods all over the Puget Sound area.
In Renton city firefighters will be at the intersection of Benson Road and Southeast Petrovitsky Road, next to the Benson Shopping Center, asking people to “fill the bucket” with donations.
It’s possibly one of the coolest jobs to work in the summer.
One might get a suntan or not in the fickle Pacific Northwest weather, but one can enjoy being outdoors and take in the view.
