Happy Wednesday, Shawnee Mission!
🌤 Today’s forecast: Mostly clear with a slight chance of rain. High: 70. Low: 51.
🚨 One thing to know
The Post is nearing the end of its fall candidate forum schedule — which continues this evening with a forum for candidates seeking seats on the Overland Park City Council in Wards 5 and 6, in the southern part of the city.
The forum begins at 6 p.m. and will take place at Blue Valley Library at 9000 W. 151st St.
All candidates in both of these contested races have been invited to participate, and the forum will be moderated by Post Editor Kyle Palmer.
Registration is not required for any of the forums, but you can let us know if you can make it by signing up on Facebook.
Following tonight, the Post will host two more forums, including another for the remaining Overland Park city council seats on Thursday and one for Prairie Village City Council candidates next Tuesday.
Community members are invited to attend the events in-person or watch them on our Facebook page, where they’ll be streamed live and archived.
Find the full list of Shawnee Mission area candidate forums here.
🗓 Public meetings Wednesday
- Overland Park Finance Administration and Economic Development Committee, 7 p.m. [View agenda]
- Mission City Council, 7 p.m. [View agenda]
🚀 Post’s top Tuesday stories
- Local Johnson County elections are nonpartisan. So why are political parties weighing in?
- 18-year-old injured in shooting at Shawnee apartments
- Local obituaries for Oct. 13-17
- Jury finds man guilty for 2016 crash that left beloved Mission dry cleaners worker dead
- Shawnee Mission’s Michelle Hubbard named Kansas Superintendent of the Year
Other local news
- Proud Boys member from Olathe pleads guilty. An Olathe man associated with the far right group the Proud Boys pleaded guilty to obstruction of a joint session of Congress and threatening to assault a federal officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. [KCTV5]
- Kansas conservation department flexes mussels. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks is releasing multiple new species of mussels into state rivers as part of ongoing efforts to help endangered aquatic species in the state. [Kansas Reflector]
📸 A thousand words
This house in Mission got a shout out from for the city for its spooky decorations. Halloween is officially in full swing across Johnson County. Photo via city of Mission Instagram.
