Community Issues

The Gardner council president says the city is giving up ownership of Gardner Lake, but other city officials say no such plans exist. Council President Mark Baldwin’s lengthy Facebook post two weeks ago about plans to sell or transfer ownership...

Leawood Police are crediting a dog with alerting an officer to help its owner, who was in need of medical attention at a house last month. Leawood PD posted edited clips of the officer's body cam footage to social media...

It didn’t take long for Gardner to decide to stop using its Flock Safety cameras early after residents started raising concerns about the technology and its potential privacy implications. The devices in question are a type of Automated License Plate...

When a blue Ford F-150 pulled up to his work site in Lawrence on Aug. 18, Oscar Sanchez-Corona knew exactly why it was there. He recognized the truck from videos of ICE detentions he had seen on social media. Sanchez-Corona, an...

Two Johnson County cities have amended their conversion therapy bans to be more “viewpoint-neutral" following a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year that found a similar statewide ban in Colorado unconstitutional. The votes this week by the city councils...

By Grace Hills Dani Bensky wasn’t old enough to vote when Jeffrey Epstein sexually exploited her. Neither was Sharlene Rochard. More than 20 years later, the women stood before a truck packed-full with more than 3 million pages of the Epstein...

The memory of Angela Hammond is often running in the background of Echo Divers founder James Hinkle’s mind as he combs through historical maps and runs drone flights for real estate agents. Hinkle was 17 when Hammond went missing during...

An immigration enforcement operation in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday morning spilled over into Prairie Village, causing confusion and concern amongst residents. An Olathe man originally from Honduras was detained as part of a targeted enforcement operation. He is currently...

By Grace Hills Ten-year-old Duke Ommert died after an electric scooter crash in Leawood last year when a car struck him as he crossed the street mid-block. Duke’s death, other e-scooter and electric bike injuries (a nearly 300% increase in emergency...

Prairie Village Police say the owner of a dog that attacked and killed another dog earlier this month has come forward and is now cooperating with investigators. Capt. Josh Putthoff, a spokesperson for Prairie Village Police, said the owners came...

For Sara Swanson, the lead behavioral specialist at Lenexa-based dog training company Sit Now Stay, leashing dogs is a must. When she was a child, a dog overpowered its owner and attacked her dog. So her advice for clients regarding...

The old Unleashed Pet Rescue and Adoption site in Mission is on the market for a new owner — or tenant. More than a year after plans to turn the shelter, beleaguered by failed inspections and a license revocation order,...