Welcome to a new week, Shawnee Mission!
🌤 Today’s forecast: Mostly sunny and much cooler. High: 75. Low: 58.
🚨 Happening today
Local authorities say they are expecting an over capacity crowd this morning for funeral services for Fairway Police Officer Jonah Oswald, who was shot and killed in the line of duty last week.
The funeral, which is open to the public, will take place at 11 a.m. at Westside Family Church, 8500 Woodsonia Dr., in Lenexa.
Because of the number of people expected to attend, another church four miles away — City Center Church, 17500 W. 87th Street Pkwy. — will host an overflow crowd for on-site livestreaming of the event.
Authorities are also encouraging anyone who wants to see the service to watch the funeral online. It’s expected to be livestreamed by all local television networks.
There is no procession or graveside service planned for after the funeral.
🗓 Public meetings Monday
- Overland Park Planning Commission, 1:30 p.m. [View agenda]
- Blue Valley school board, 5:30 p.m. [View agenda]
- Shawnee Mission school board, 6 p.m. [View agenda]
- Shawnee City Council, 6 p.m. [View agenda]
- Merriam City Council, 7 p.m. [View agenda]
🚀 Post’s top stories since Friday
- New businesses, closures and other big changes coming to downtown Mission
- One-stop shop for Pokémon card collectors coming to Shawnee
- JoCo Notes: Overland Park firefighters save truckload of 1,300 piglets
- Cactus Grill coming to Lenexa City Center’s Restaurant Row
- Gates Bar-B-Q in Leawood closed temporarily after kitchen fire
📰 Other local news
- Effort to map “heat islands” in Johnson County begins. Some 160 volunteers in both Johnson and Wyandotte counties installed sensors along 31 routes to help map temperature differences in the region. [KSHB]
- Overland Park man hospitalized after Missouri boat explosion. The man in his 50s was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries following a boat engine explosion at the Lake of the Ozarks. [Kansas City Star]
- AMC reports second quarter revenue bump. The Leawood-based theater chain reported net income of $8.6 million in the second quarter, after reporting a loss in the same period last year. [Associated Press]
📸 A thousand words
JoCo Library patrons got first-hand introductions to a number of activities earlier this month at the Community Connections Fair at Central Resource Library in Overland Park, including juggling, fly fishing and playing the French horn. Photo via Instagram.
