It’s Thursday in Shawnee Mission.
☀️ Today’s forecast: Sunny and clear again. High: 85. Low: 59.
? One thing to know today
Michael Farrar, a physician whose ex-wife was convicted of murdering two of their young children in an intentionally set fire at their Prairie Village home in 1995, has died.
An obituary submitted to the Kansas City Star last week, said Farrar died in Smithville, Missouri, on Wednesday, Aug. 23. He was 68.
Nearly 30 years ago, Farrar also survived an attempted poisoning by his ex-wife, Debora Green, who remains in prison serving a life sentence with no chance for parole until the year 2035 for the arson fire that killed their son Tim, 13, and daughter Kelly, 6. A third child, who was 10 at the time, escaped.
Michael Farrar, born in Lawrence in 1955, “excelled at everything he did,” his obituary reads.
He earned the honor of Eagle Scout as a teenager and, after attending the UMKC School of Medicine, helped found Northland Cardiology at North Kansas City Hospital.
He worked there for 30 years and “gave his heart and soul to the people of the Northland, serving the hospital at every turn.”
Farrar had to undergo heart and brain surgeries after being poisoned by Green.
Green ultimately struck a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty. In 2015, a Johnson County judge denied Green’s attempt at reducing her sentence.
? Public meetings Thursday
- Board of County Commissioners, 9:30 a.m. [View agenda]
? Post’s top Wednesday stories
- $2B Brookridge project in Overland Park officially breaks ground
- Johnny’s Tavern in Prairie Village reopens with renovations — Here’s what’s new
- Other vendors back Overland Park Farmers’ Market suspension of PepperCave
- JoCo Notes: Judge to hear Prairie Village petition lawsuit
- JoCo Notes: Johnson County high schools top list of ’30 best’ in Kansas
? Other local news
- Panasonic to lease office space near EV battery plant. The electronics giant announced it will lease more than 500,000 square feet of office space at the Flint Commerce Center in De Soto, which is also in the process of being built and is expected to open next summer. [Fox 4]
- Man cited for taking pictures under QuikTrip bathroom stall. A 21-year-old man was cited for breach of privacy for allegedly using his phone to take pictures in a women’s restroom at a Merriam QuikTrip earlier this month. [Fox 4]
- DA says Olathe officers were justified in deadly shooting. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe will not bring criminal charges against two Olathe police officers who shot and killed a 58-year-old man in June. [KMBC]
? A thousand words
Water flowed over the road near 56th and Reeds in Mission on Wednesday morning after a water main break. City officials say water was later restored but 56th Street between Reeds and Outlook remains closed for now. Photo via Twitter/@CityofMissionKS.
