The Renton School District will ask voters this winter to fill the budget gap not covered by state, federal or district funds raised from rental facility fees with two levies and one bond measure on the Feb. 14 ballot.
Thanks to the aid of some good samaritans, the Renton History Museum was able to recreate and replace its stolen banner from the “Bigfoot is Probably Real” exhibit.
Cyndy Lentsch has been teaching in the Home and Family Life Program at Renton Technical College for 41 years. Back when she started it was then called Renton Vocational School and there were just two buildings on campus.
“Actually I was hired to be a lingerie teacher way back then; I did that for quite a number of years,” said Lentsch.
After a legal battle with his former company, Ezell Stephens, co-founder of Ezell’s Famous Fried Chicken, is starting over with a new business venture in Renton.
Stephens held the soft-opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for Heaven Sent Fried Chicken Nov. 10 at its location downtown on Third Street.
A surprisingly small group of people turned out to offer input to the Liberty Park Library Building Steering Committee at their open house Tuesday night at the Renton Community Center.
A brazen thief stole the only piece of physical advertising for the “Bigfoot is Probably Real” exhibit at the Renton History Museum Tuesday morning.
Following unrest among residents over Renton City Council’s decision to move the downtown library, concerned residents have started a petition for an initiative to stop the process.
A connection that spans generations, that’s what Thomas and Linda Rowley share with other families and veterans of the World War II 384th Bombardment Group when they attend its reunions.
For those who have been dying to tell their story and release the novel within, here is yet another opportunity to start cranking out prose. November is National Novel Writing Month and the King County Library System for a third year is hosting programs to facilitate literary aspirations.
A teacher-led education reform group is proposing changes in the evaluation system of teachers and principals that doesn’t just weed out incompetent staff. Julianna Dauble, Renton teacher and co-author of the report, believes teacher-peer collaboration should be part of the process providing educators with more constructive feedback.
A gun was mentioned in a domestic assault between siblings and an ex-boyfriend on Oct. 27.
Renton School District students have experienced new gains on state test scores, thanks to the support of the district and the community, said the superintendent.
The district has seen improvement on 16 of the 19 state tests given annually to students in grades three through 10. They’ve also seen improvements in mathematics scores in every grade level, with nearly 70 percent of elementary schools seeing gains between 20 and 40 percent.
The City of Renton has a vision for the downtown core and a steering committee to redevelop the library over the Cedar River should not be limited to the building’s current structural limitations to meet a new concept for that space.
That’s what the Renton Liberty Park Library Steering Committee members learned from presentations last week from various city departments on redevelopment plans for Renton and a site assessment of the current downtown library over the Cedar River.
Surveillance video captured a naked woman involved in suspicious circumstances at a parking garage on Sept. 30.
Just a year after an electrical fire destroyed his home, Peter Moore is treating the whole neighborhood to a frightening bit of community spirit. Moore, with help from his wife Joanne, has constructed a huge Halloween castle 20-feet-long and 8-feet-wide in his front yard on Monterey Drive in Monterey Terrace.
When opportunity didn’t present itself to Richard Youngblood, he created a way for himself and others with his first business venture, R & D Thrift Store and Consignment Gallery in Renton.
As the nation recognized National School Lunch Week Oct. 10-14, five King County school districts, including Renton, have started on the road to improving school nutrition.
Implementing programs this year, the Renton, Auburn, Highline, Kent and Seattle school districts have all taken steps to present healthy choices for students, working to fight childhood obesity and other ailments.
Police responded to the threat of an assault involving a handgun and Nelsen Middle School students on Oct. 5, according to the Renton Police Department.
Thirteen Renton School District students returned last Saturday from an experience “that will last a lifetime,” says one of the principals.
With a stark difference between their elective experience, Greg Taylor and Sarah Sanoy-Wright are in a low-key race for City Council Position 4 now held by Taylor.
The general election is Nov. 8.
