Renton News

Keeping the Valley's cars on the road has been the way of things at Fall City's Model Garage since 1923.

Seize the next sunny day and explore Renton with a picnic basket to enjoy a lovely scene like this one at Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park - all for less than $40. While sunny days may be sprinkled throughout the month, they are still cause for spontaneous celebration, with a picnic to enjoy some of Renton's scenic parks.

Filmgoers at the Seattle International Film Festival in Renton will see just how the digital age has taken over the film age.

Red circles mark where Renton Police investigators recovered shell casings or lead from a shootout at Liberty Park Wednesday night, in which a woman received a life-threatening wound.

King County Metro Transit buses will operate on a Sunday schedule for Memorial Day - Monday, May 27 - and provide special shuttle bus service Saturday through Monday to the Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center.

With the legislature in a special session to deal with the state's biennial budget, officials in Renton are holding out hope that several of their priorities from the year will yet be approved.

Andy Conner talks to volunteers at The Genesis Project shelter last year. Conner, a veteran King County sheriff's deputy who cofounded the nonprofit, has been put on leave amid an internal investigation.

A teenage girl caught in gunfire at a Renton, Wash., park reportedly suffered a gunshot wound to the torso Wednesday night.

It's probably going to rain on the opening night of the Seattle International Film Festival Thursday in Renton, but the stars - and director - are going to be out.

Ten-year-old Isabel Carpenter was recently honored by King County with a "911 Hero" award for her quick thinking when a stranger approached her this past February and attempted to persuade her to get in a car while she walked home from school.

Keith Raymond Geyman, 62, was charged Wednesday with rape of a child in the first-degree after he allegedly lured the girl and her brother into his motor home and then molested her.

Markeletta Wilson started searching for a new apartment as soon as she qualified for a Section 8 voucher.

"Northwest" screens at 8:30 p.m., Monday, May 27, at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, 400 S. Second St., in downtown Renton.

"C.O.G." screens at 6 p.m., Monday, May 27, at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, 400 S. Second St., in downtown Renton.

They didn't see it coming and Cords himself was not prepared for how such a revelation would so completely upend his life.

Gov. Jay Inslee made a quick stop Friday in Kent to pump up South Sound politicians and business leaders about the importance for the Legislature to pass a transportation funding package during the special session that started this week.

In the early morning hours of June 27, tension escalated among a crowd of gang members outside a Federal Way bar.

Former Seattle Supersonics player and coach, and NBA Hall of Famer, Lenny Wilkens will be the keynote speaker at the Eighth Annual Renton Salvation Army Fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. tonight at the Renton Pavilion Event Center, 233 Burnett Ave.

The Daily Troll: Sacramento ready to take victory lap. Lone School Board candidate, so far.

"Anita" screens at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, May 26, at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, 400 S. Second St., in downtown Renton.