Elections

Early voting turnout opens in JoCo with more than double the first-day turnout of 2022

Roxie Hammill -

Johnson Countians have hit the polls early this year, resulting in a turnout for the first day of advance midterm voting that approaches the first day in the 2024 presidential election year. Figures posted on Facebook by the county election office showed 12,632 people voted on Saturday, which was the...

Watch the Johnson County Post’s 2026 candidate forums and interviews

Olathe mulls ending nearly 40-year-old girls softball partnership — What’s next?

‘Modern’ Indian eatery Jala Indian Cuisine now open in Overland Park

A message from our community partners

The Latest

Overland Park Police step up patrols following 3 reported assaults near city parks and trails

Who’s running for Johnson County commission? Meet the candidates

Downtown Overland Park’s ‘renaissance’ keeps growing with groundbreaking on former Winstead’s site

FEATURED STORIES

Still undecided? Here’s where Johnson County candidates stand on the issues readers asked about

Early voting has started, and we're in the home stretch ahead of the Nov. 3 election. It's a much-watched election, featuring races up and down...

Shawnee Mission weighs $370M bond options to rebuild Belinder, Rosehill and possibly a ‘TBD’ school

Shawnee Mission’s Board of Education is weighing two options for an upcoming March bond that would fund the rebuilding of more aging elementary schools...

Chiefs STAR bond district is set — What that means for Johnson County

Kansas has set the final boundaries for the STAR bonds district that will use future growth in state sales taxes to help finance the...

After ending federal block grants to nonprofits, Overland Park looks to alcohol tax to fill the gap

Overland Park may have found a workaround to get money to several nonprofits that face a funding gap after changes to a federal grant...

Taylor-Made Team Real Estate Spotlight

FOOD & DRINK

Overland Park bar Becks Place closed after state seizes assets over $40K in unpaid taxes

Chatime closing Overland Park boba shop at 119th and US-69 in exchange for mobile trailer.

The Golden Scoop closing original Overland Park shop at 95th and Nall and launching ice cream truck

After less than a year, Brew Haha Coffeehouse closes in Shawnee

LOCAL BUSINESS

Overland Park’s longtime ‘shoe dude’ is closing his downtown shoe repair shop

Toys ‘R’ Us, iconic ’90s store, is coming back to Oak Park Mall in Overland Park

Retired Blue Valley teacher opening her own bookstore and plant shop in Olathe

Hy-Vee plans new Overland Park store in former Price Chopper space at 119th and Metcalf

Nearly 20 years after Dillons left, Shawnee’s Westbrooke Green has a grocery store again

Community Calendar 🗓️

Best bets for fun and engagement in Johnson County and (slightly) beyond!

JOHNSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Johnson County Wastewater general manager Susan Pekarek retires after leading 2 billion-dollar projects

Johnson County to buy Gardner building for new mental health clinic

Johnson County eliminates 8 jobs across four departments, saving roughly $1M

Johnson County passes $1.9B budget — Here’s how it impacts your tax bill

Johnson County News by City 🏘️

OVERLAND PARK NEWS

Historic Rio Theatre in downtown Overland Park could see a comeback. Is SNL alum Heidi Gardner involved?

‘It’s part of their identity’: Blue Valley to end Chinese Immersion Program, citing budget challenges

Part of 95th Street near US-69 closed for month in Overland Park. Here’s why

SHAWNEE NEWS

Children’s Mercy opens express care and ortho injury clinic in Shawnee

Man in critical condition after being pulled from Shawnee Mission Park Lake near off-leash dog area

Ex-Shawnee teacher Keil Hileman, convicted of sex crimes against students, back in prison after parole violation

LENEXA NEWS

Lenexa police officer shot man in leg during incident outside apartment complex

St. James Academy students who now perform in the cafeteria poised to get $16M arts center

Lenexa will start livestreaming city council meetings — the last major Johnson County city to do so

OLATHE NEWS

Olathe man arrested in connection to deadly Lawrence shooting

WATCH: The Post’s candidate forum for Kansas House districts 15 & 26

WATCH: The Post’s 2 Kansas House forums in Blue Valley area

LEAWOOD NEWS

Missouri man, 80, killed in single-vehicle crash on I-435 in Leawood

Leawood ‘Snarky’ writer Sherry Kuehl still surviving on NBC’s hit show ‘Traitors’

Leawood Lassie? Barking dog leads police to owner in need of medical attention

PRAIRIE VILLAGE NEWS

Who’s backing Cole Robinson and Inga Selders in the Prairie Village mayor race?

Prairie Village mayoral candidates on the issues: Neighborhood quality of life

Prairie Village mayoral candidates on the issues: Corinth Library

NORTHEAST JOCO NEWS

Mr. Stinky Feet, JoCo children’s musician, is local eatery’s top book pick of the month

Mission’s ‘Go Green’ fair returns this Saturday with 50 exhibits. Meet the recycling maven who started it

Johnson County author revisits 4 killings that shadowed her 1950s childhood in Mission Hills

Latest Obituaries

Harvey Kaplan

Robert Young

Marvin Goldstein

Larry Ronald Mann

Charles “Chip” Blocker, Jr.

K-12 EDUCATION

Gardner Edgerton board members still trading blame over vote forcing $1.9M in cuts

Olathe parents launch petition to force state review after school board votes to close 6 schools

Olathe’s Brent Yeager named Kansas Superintendent of the Year

Olathe Public Schools board approves the closure of 6 schools

Shawnee Mission launches plan to draw students to come back and teach in district