Happy Tuesday, Shawnee Mission!
☀️ Today’s forecast: Sunny, then mostly clear in the evening. High: 91. Low: 66.
🚨 One thing to know today
Preliminary test results suspicious white powder samples found in more than a hundred letters sent to Kansas lawmakers have come up negative so far.
As of Sunday, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the FBI reported about 100 letters containing suspicious white powder have been received across the state.
“Preliminary tests have returned from this lab indicating the substance is presumptively negative for common biological agents of concern,” the KBI wrote in an update on Sunday. “Further and more complete testing will be conducted on this sample, as well as on additional letters that have been collected, in an effort to determine the components of the substance.”
Some state lawmakers representing parts of Johnson County reported receiving letters containing the powder. Here’s our report from Friday.
To report mail with suspicious powder, call 1-800-KSCRIME, or 1-800-572-7463.
🗓 Public meetings Tuesday
- Prairie Village City Council, 6 p.m. [View agenda]
- Roeland Park City Council, 6 p.m. [View agenda]
- Roeland Park Governing Body Workshop, 6 p.m. (following city council) [View agenda]
- Lenexa City Council, 7 p.m. [View agenda]
- Leawood City Council, 7 p.m. [View agenda]
🚀 Post’s top stories since Friday
- Your Insurance: If a neighbor’s tree falls in my yard, who covers it?
- 🚗 5 to Try: Post readers pick the best day trips from Johnson County
- Neighbors voice concerns about JoCo-backed housing project
- Café Europa still wants to move to Leawood, just not where it originally planned
- Johnson County commission presses sheriff on election probe’s timeline, cost
📰 Other local news
- A man wanted for crimes that happened in Johnson County was arrested in Topeka after drugs were found in his possession. [WIBW]
- The University of Kansas Edwards Campus in Overland Park is offering a new online degree program in business operations management. [WIBW]
📸 A thousand words
ICYMI, Prairie Village hosted its second annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration at Harmon Park. Here, volunteer Jay Holbert, who is also the president of the Johnson County NAACP, cheers after a young player knocks over all three cans at the “Can-It” game station. Photo credit Evan Johnson.
