The following information was compiled based on City of Renton police reports.
The honeymoon ended abruptly when a couple got into a scuffle after their wedding reception Sept. 24.
If you saw people running around with cameras filming all over Renton last weekend, then you witnessed parts of the city’s 50-hour filmmaking competition, the Renton FilmFrenzy. This year films had to incorporate a line about aerospace in Renton, a piece of public art and a scene from the Harvest Festival, which was taking place in the Piazza on Saturday.
Known to many throughout the area for her work as executive director with the Renton Community Foundation, Lynn Bohart is revealing a different side of her personality with her latest eBook, “Your Worst Nightmare.”
If Renton residents want to embrace and engage the city’s diverse population, it’s going to take patience, persistence and establishing trust guest panelists said at a Neighborhood Program meeting on the topic Oct. 5.
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A Renton store employee was caught and fired for buying what she thought was marijuana in the store’s parking lot Sept. 9.
In the Nov. 8 general election a longtime Renton City Council member is facing a challenge from a first-time candidate, motivated initially by her opposition to relocate the downtown Renton Library.
A 35-member steering committee will make recommendations next spring about how to use the building that now house the Renton Library over the Cedar River.
When Steve Campau took over the Renton Coin Shop seven years ago there were four counters, now he has 14 for conducting business and he’s seeing a greater mix of customers.
With changes in the economy and the value of gold and silver has come a new influx of people.
The following information was compiled from City of Renton police reports.
A homeless man was arrested after leading police on a chase after a theft Sept. 14.
Benson Hill Elementary School has re-committed to procedures to get kids on the right school bus, after two 5-year-olds were left stranded on a busy highway Sept. 16.
The following information was compiled based on City of Renton police reports.
An on-going feud between two Boeing workers turned physical on Aug. 24.
The Renton School District is developing a system-wide plan to make sure students get on the right school bus after the school day. The effort comes after two Benson Hill Elementary kindergarteners were put on the wrong bus and dropped off about a mile and a half from their intended stop on Friday afternoon, Sept. 16.
City of Renton officials, school district staff and Emergency Management officials unveiled a new program as part of September’s National Preparedness Month to inform the public of disaster resources by using bulletin boards at local schools.
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Police investigated threats of violence against apartment residents in Renton on Aug. 2.
The report of threats came from a residence in the 12200 block of Southeast Petrovitsky Road at around 6 p.m.
Kelly Dowell always saw her dad Joe as a superhero.
The Newcastle resident was driving her dad back home from Swedish Hospital after a chemotherapy treatment for malignant brain cancer when he asked her to stop the car. Joe had spotted a lady on the street loaded down with items and a full shopping cart. He got out of the car to help her with her things.
Valley Medical Center’s key event promoting women’s wellness is back; the GLOW first anniversary celebration is Sept. 22.
More than 100 people attended the open house at the Renton Pavilion Event Center, where King County Library System staff, City of Renton officials and the design team from the architectural firm, Miller Hull Partnership, answered their questions and wrote down their ideas for a new downtown library.
Phyllis Silling, the union president, described the relationship between the district and her organization as “strong” and said everything worked out well in the negotiations.
As schedules change and children head back to school and sports programs, now is the time to talk with them about sexual assault prevention, urges a local resource group.
“Journey Stories,” a Smithsonian exhibit brought to Renton by the organizations Museum on Main Street and Humanities Washington, opened this week and runs through Oct. 15. The companion exhibit, “Boomtown! Renton During World War II,” opened as well and focuses on how the city’s population almost quadrupled in the 1940s.
