Causes & Community

With 2025 coming to a close and 2026 fast approaching, the Post is reflecting on the past year and the people in our community who inspired us this year. From educators who go above and beyond to individuals who turn...

A new year is around the corner, Johnson County. But before we ring it in, the Post is reflecting on some of 2025’s most defining moments: From fun snow days and family friendly events to protests. As always, Post reporters toured...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of our series “Helping Hands”, which aims to spotlight Johnson Countians doing good in the background of their community. If you have an idea for someone to spotlight in a future “Helping Hands”...

On any given day, whether students at her Overland Park school are working on math, getting creative in art class or cuddling with therapy dogs, Jane Curran hopes that the end result is the same — that they feel...

An historic church in Lenexa celebrated 100 years of worship at its building in Old Town Lenexa. At a re-dedication ceremony on Sunday, the sanctuary of Lenexa United Methodist Church was packed as people gathered to celebrate its 100th anniversary. While...

The money raised through the 2025 Overland Park Mayor’s Holiday Fund will support a local nonprofit that's building a new affordable apartment complex in downtown Overland Park. Friends of Johnson County Developmental Supports, a nonprofit organization that specializes in affordable...

A child in Lenexa is in the quarterfinals for a national baby competition that could net the family $25,000. In May, the parents of Cybill Salmon, a year-and-a-half-old child in Lenexa, entered her into a Baby of the Year competition...

Leaders of the Mission Community Food Pantry say their goal is no one goes hungry, making it the kind of operation they hope goes out of business one day. But in the past five years, the Mission Community Food Pantry at...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of our series “Helping Hands”, which aims to spotlight Johnson Countians doing good in the background of their community. If you have an idea for someone to spotlight in a future “Helping Hands”...

Halloween is just a couple of days away, and homes across Johnson County are all decked out with spookiness. We've got ghosts and witches, skeletons and jack-o'-lanterns. Even "It" — you know, that creepy clown in the storm drain —...

As a Johnson County baseball club celebrates its 75th anniversary, it's looking to the past with pride and the future with hope. Established in 1951, the 3&2 Baseball Club started as a small league in Overland Park and now, has...

Impatience took over veteran Jack Light, 93, Thursday morning as he waited his turn to sit in the open cockpit of a WWII-era biplane. For the first time in more than 20 years, he was flying again. Eight veterans, including...