Welcome back to a new week, Shawnee Mission.
🌦 Today’s forecast: A chance for rain this morning. Mostly sunny, breezy and warm after that. High: 85. Low: 66.
🚨 One thing to know
“Welcome to town, Travis!”
That’s how the Leawood Chamber of Commerce unrolled the welcome mat for Travis Kelce, who is now apparently the Johnson County suburb’s newest (and now, most famous) property owner.
The chamber’s greeting came in a Facebook post in response to reports that Kelce had bought a $6 million mansion in Leawood, first reported by TMZ.
The celebrity gossip site credited the purchase, in part, to Kelce’s need for more privacy amid his budding romance with pop superstar Taylor Swift.
The Kansas City Business Journal subsequently reported that Kelce’s new estate is a 16,000-square-foot, six-bedroom, six-bathroom retreat in a gated community near Hallbrook, that includes a wine cellar, backyard pool and six-car garage.
According to the online listing, the home was originally listed for $6.9 million but the price then dropped to $5.9 million.
🗓 Public meetings Monday
- Shawnee Mission school board, 6 p.m. [View agenda]
- Merriam City Council, 7 p.m. [View agenda]
- Mission Planning Commission, 7 p.m. [View agenda]
- Shawnee City Council, 7 p.m. [View agenda]
🚀 Post’s top stories since Friday
- Shawnee Station shopping plaza now fully occupied — What’s coming in?
- 1 dead, 6 injured after multi-vehicle crash on I-435 near State Line
- Overland Park woman published first novel at 85. Now she’s up for ‘Global’ award.
- Driver hits pedestrian, crashes into 3 other cars on Shawnee Mission Parkway
- Big changes loom for Johnson County public transit, including possible fare increases
📰 Other local news
- Small portion of Lenexa City Center land remains. Developer Copaken Brooks says about 1.6 million square feet of the original 2 million square feet planned at the mixed-used project site off 87th Street Parkway has now been built out. [Kansas City Business Journal]
- JoCo man charged in nuclear project kickback scheme. Two Kansas City area men have been charged in an alleged kickback scheme to fraudulently award subcontracts for nuclear weapons manufacturing. [Kansas City Star]
- Johnson County Medical Examiner’s Office warns of scam. County officials say a scammer has been calling residents, claiming to be with the county medical examiner seeking information about deceased loved ones. [KSHB]
📸 A thousand words
Students in Shawnee Mission North’s orchestra got a special treat last week: a personal lesson from the London Symphony Orchestra’s first violin player. Photo via X/@SM_North_HS.
