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A distraught man came to the police department and began to yell profanities at city staff and made inappropriate gestures. As he left, he continued making inappropriate gestures and disturbed a city meeting by shaking doors and yelling. The subject then left the building. Later on he began to yell at officers from several blocks away. The officers contacted him and when advised he was under arrest he ran into a residence to evade arrest. He was taken into custody moments later without incident and booked into jail.
The Black Diamond Labor Day celebration kicked off Saturday with the Doggie Days event the the Coal Kart Derby on Lawson Street.
Ginger’s Pet Rescue made a stop at the Covinton PETCO July 31 with about 20 dogs looking for homes.
Ginger Luke began Ginger’s Pet Rescue about three years ago and she specializes in saving and finding homes.
“We save death row dogs,” Luke said, referring to dogs about to be euthanized.
Lifelong Kent resident Marci Adelsman has always been a bit of a tinkerer.
So it wasn’t too surprising when the Kent-Meridian High School grad started playing around with the ingredients for a recipe she’d once seen on the “Barefoot Contessa” cooking program.
Maple Valley will be celebrating its 10th annual, “Make a Difference Day” Saturday, Oct. 23.
The event is the most encompassing national day of helping others, a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors.
Black Diamond Labor Day weekend celebration schedule
Amy Allen applied to be on TLC’s “Home Made Simple” show on a whim.
A few months later, her family was featured on the show, which aims to provide participants with simple and easy solutions for “everyday domestic challenges” according to TLC’s website.
It all started simply enough. Allen’s neighbor was applying for the show and suggested she do the same.
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement denied a permit to Pacific Coast Coal in Black Diamond to resume mining operations at the John Henry No. 1 mine.
OSM sent a release today, Sept. 2, reporting the decision on the mining permit.
A decision whether to allow an asphalt plant in the downtown area of Covington appears to be off the table.
The council is in the process of considering zoning and design standards in the downtown area, which included a request from Lakeside Industries, based in Issaquah, to allow construction of an asphalt plant. Lakeside had proposed to build an asphalt plant across Covington Way near Costco in the downtown area.
Cecil Douglas Walker has been charged by the King County Prosecutor with murder in the first degree, domestic violence, for the Aug. 27 stabbing death of his 86-year-old mother.
The 50-year-old Walker is accused of using a knife – with a blade of approximately 12 inches – to kill Ella May Walker while she sat in a recliner at the Black Diamond home they shared.
The final moments of Ella Walker’s life were part of a sad, serious and troubling crime.
The 86-year-old mother and grandmother was stabbed to death while sitting in her chair at her home in Black Diamond.
Her 50-year-old son, Cecil Douglas Walker, is alleged to have committed the crime and has been charged with first degree murder, domestic violence.
Aug. 24
DRUNK AND ANGRY: 21900 block of Southeast Wax Road. A juvenile was arrested for malicious mischief and cited for being a minor in possession after he came home drunk. He became angry then punched a hole in the wall, broke a chair and damaged a window screen.
Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety responded to five fire calls in the past week: four grass and brush fires and one residential kitchen fire.
Veterans were honored at the Maple Valley Farmers Market Aug. 22.
A 51-year-old Maple Valley man and a 53-year-old man from Anacortes filed a civil lawsuit for sexual assault against the Boy Scouts of America and its Seattle Chapter according to a news report on kirotv.com.
A Kent Fire investigator is currently searching for the cause of a house fire in the 26100 block of 114th Avenue Southeast that was first reported at 10:22 p.m. Monday.
Bail was set today for Cecil Douglas Walker in King County Superior Court for the stabbing death of his mother, 86-year-old Ella May Walker.
According to the King County Prosecutor’s website Walker appeared in court today and bail was set at $1 million.
The prosecutor’s office has until Wednesday, Sept. 1, to file charges.
The 50-year-old Cecil Walker is accused of using a knife to stab his mother to death while she sat in a chair in her house. Cecil Walker lived with her.
Cecil Douglas Walker was arrested Friday by a Black Diamond police officer for allegedly stabbing to death his 86-year-old mother, Ella May Walker.
The 50-year-old Cecil Walker is accused of using a knife to kill his mother while she sat in a chair in her house sometime during the afternoon of Friday, Aug. 27.
The Lake Wilderness Arboretum fall plant sale is scheduled for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. All nursery plants are 50 percent off.
There will also be a special clearance area at special blow out prices. There is still have a great selection of shade plants, perennials, trees and shrubs. In addition, there is a new native area and expanded with a large selection of grasses and sedums, plus pond plants.
