• KCC leader Paul Carter in £20k mix-up
• Peter Falconio ‘still alive’ reward sparks anger
• Kent and Medway win over £5m to transform children’s musical education
• Lord Robert Winston to speak at mental health singing conference
• Kent Fire chiefs insist “business as ususal” during Olympic Games
• Kent railway metal thefts are down, but cost of crime is up
• Power company buries ugly overhead cables in Kent’s beauty spots
• Kent Police to close stations and enquiry counters in bid to save money
• 19 Kent beaches win ‘recommended’ staus from marine experts
• Kent golfers on course to help bees numbers
• Mohammad Asif released from Canterbury prison
• KCC’s Bryan Sweetland enters the race to stand in Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner election
• Kaddy Lee-Preston: Why I quit the BBC
• KoS readers help raise thousands to support elderly and vulnerable people through winter
• Number of people killed or seriously hurt on Kent’s roads continues to drop
• KCC’s Paul Carter predicts a bright future with the launch of Expansion East Kent
• Kent commuter chaos as fallen tree hits Ashford to Maidstone line
• Lightning strike hits Kent commuter routes as derailment shuts line too
• Kent has more animal cruelty cases than Sussex and Essex combined
• Medway councillor goes head-to-head with Col Tim Collins to become Tory PCC candidate