Local Government

Merriam single trash hauler starts next week — Here’s what you need to know

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The city of Merriam’s move to a citywide, single trash hauler is almost complete. Starting Nov. 2, all residential trash service will be conducted by GFL Environment LLC, a Canada-based trash hauler that the city has a five-year contract with for citywide services. Currently, the city and GFL are coordinating bin...

Overland Park’s Bluhawk is getting 2 new restaurants

Meet Shawnee Mission’s 2 new high school principals — A SM East alum and an Atchison transplant

Could construction at Brookridge redevelopment in Overland Park actually start by the end of the year?

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Ex-Leawood priest Richard Storey pleads guilty to stealing almost $160,000 from Curé of Ars parish

Your Kansas House election primer

Your Kansas State Board of Education Position 3 election primer

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Kansas House 2026 — Meet the candidates running in all of Johnson County’s 27 districts

Every Kansas House district is on the ballot on Nov. 3, including all 27 that are in or touch a portion of Johnson County. That's...

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

This campaign season, Post editor Kyle Palmer has extended one-on-one Q&A offers to all candidates running for statewide offices, including U.S. Senate, Governor, Attorney...

Your Kansas Governor election primer

Early in-person voting in Johnson County began Saturday, Oct. 17, and voters can cast advance ballots through Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3. There’s a...

Your Kansas 3rd U.S. House District election primer

Early in-person voting in Johnson County began Saturday, Oct. 17, and voters can cast advance ballots through Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3. There’s a...

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

Taylor-Made Team Real Estate Spotlight

FOOD & DRINK

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

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

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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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

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OVERLAND PARK NEWS

Driver walks away after minivan plunges 20 feet into Blue River in southern Overland Park

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

SHAWNEE NEWS

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

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

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

LENEXA NEWS

Man on bicycle injured after driver hits him on 87th Street near I-35 in Lenexa

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

OLATHE NEWS

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

Latest Obituaries

Verna Lee Hutton (Taylor)

Nicholas F. “Nick” Bono II

LaDonna S. Justice

Kyong Sommer

Christopher David Thomas

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