Parks & Pools

After 30 years, a Shawnee park playground is getting new equipment

A Shawnee park will be swapping out more than 30-year-old equipment for a new, fresh look in spring 2027. On Monday, Shawnee City Council voted 6-0 to approve a contract with the Missouri-based Next Generation Recreation LLC to replace playground equipment and safety surfacing at West Flanders Park. Councilmembers Kurt...

Olathe’s new 119th Street roundabout opens Wednesday — but drivers will have to wait for new bridge

Pho & Boil, Vietnamese and Cajun eatery, now open in Overland Park

Why Dinah Sykes, a Lenexa Democrat, wants to be Kansas’ next Insurance Commissioner

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JOHNSON COUNTY REAL ESTATE

Five-bedroom Alhambra St. home comes to market in Fairway for $1.4M

Six-bedroom house Leawood home listed for $2.25M

Mission Hills: Six-bedroom home listed on W. 69th Ter. for $2.7M

W. 161st St, Overland Park: Four-bedroom home for sale

Five-bedroom home comes to market in Leawood for $1.9 million

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FOOD & DRINK

Groundhouse Coffee owners are selling their Gardner cafe

Popular Italian deli La Fetta opens new spot in Prairie Village’s Corinth Quarter

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

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

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

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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

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OVERLAND PARK NEWS

Blue Valley welcomes 4 new high school principals this year

‘A day that we’ve been waiting for’ — Overland Park moves forward with deal to revive historic Rio Theatre

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

SHAWNEE NEWS

Shawnee Police killed someone’s horse. Could they have done things differently?

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

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

EPA warned Olathe chemical cleanup wasn’t working in 2021. Now, things have gotten worse

140 JoCo students get down in the dirt, learning to grow greens in Olathe

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

LEAWOOD NEWS

Judge orders ex-Leawood priest back court for violating bond conditions

Leawood’s $766M Hallbrook North project gets a new name: Highpoint

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

PRAIRIE VILLAGE NEWS

Kansas House District 16: Meet the candidate running unopposed

Prairie Village rejects Halo Act adoption — Where do other JoCo cities stand?

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

NORTHEAST JOCO NEWS

4-vehicle crash on I-35 backs up morning rush-hour traffic

Mission OKs plan to turn Broadmoor Tower and former JCPenney site into nearly 650 apartments

Mission Gateway foreclosure moves forward — How did we get here?

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Verna Lee Hutton (Taylor)

Nicholas F. “Nick” Bono II

LaDonna S. Justice

Kyong Sommer

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K-12 EDUCATION

De Soto contract negotiations persist, leaving teachers frustrated

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

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

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