A school in Kent claims it will be introducing sniffer dogs to tackle the risk of drugs and legal highs.

There could be a significant supply of oil underground in the Weald, an oil and gas company has discovered.

A lorry driver has been taken to hospital after the vehicle he was driving ended up in a ditch.

Maidstone pair stole more than £1,000 of cigarettes from the Paddock Wood store.

Police are investigating after flames ripped through a car in a Kent village last night.

The cause of a vehicle blaze in Paddock Wood this morning is under investigation.

Five new stores have opened at The Mall Chequers ahead of a £5m revamp.

A village could be about to lose its oldest pub.

A man and a child were taken to hospital following a crash.

Shoppers were treated to fun and games, along with live music, at #FremlinFest in Maidstone.

Traders claim that Cranbrook has become a ghost town following overrunning gas works.

The first ever Glow Night Run at Maidstone's Mote Park raised £6,000 for charity.

Road works and crippling bills have ended eight years of female fitness in a Maidstone estate.

Staff at the Kent Messenger evacuate office after editor's Easter snack accident.

An appeal has gone out to find the owners of a dog, found wandering in Headcorn last night.

A man has been banned from driving after he crashed head-on with another vehicle while twice the legal drink-drive limit, hospitalising three.

People living near a solar farm can buy bonds in the development after a scheme was launched this week.

A utility provider is investigating this afternoon after the water supply to the centre of Headcorn failed.

Police are hunting for four men after a string of violent robberies in the Weald and Ashford.

A man in his 30s has died after his car crashed through a barrier on the M20, prompting police to close the carriageway for several hours.