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Charge filed in fatal shooting of Renton teen in Kent July 12

The King County Prosecutor’s Office filed a first-degree murder charge Friday against an 18-year-old Seattle man in connection with the shooting death of a Renton teenager July 12 at a Kent fast-food restaurant. As of Monday morning, Kent Police were still looking for Edward Earl Cobb, the alleged gunman whose last... more
Master woodcarver Jim Ploegman poses in his shop and classroom with a hawk mask he made in the Northwest coast style. It and other masks will be on display at IKEA Renton River Days. - Matt Brashears/Renton Reporter
Award-winning woodcarver returns to Renton River Days

Jim Ploegman still has part of his first wood-carving attempt on his woodshop wall. It was a planter held together by glue. It got a D. “It was very crappily made,” Ploegman admits. Ploegman’s woodshop teacher at Kent-Meridian High School in Kent... more > more

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