Controversies

Mayors in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties have sent a strongly worded letter to their state legislators criticizing the Kansas Legislature for its “unbalanced” budget and interference in local control. The open letter, which actually is addressed to citizens of the...

For months in 2014, Roeland Park was consumed by a debate over a new anti-discrimination ordinance that added protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. Now more than a year has passed since the protections went into effect and...

One Prairie Village church is standing with an Edgerton pastor who is defying the United Methodist Church’s stance on homosexuality. Asbury United Methodist, at the corner of 75th and Nall, is supporting the Rev. Cynthia Meyer who came out as...

Roeland Park finally got through its long dilemma over how to regulate - or even whether to allow - short-term rentals in the city, such as those provided over the Airbnb platform. But it was an evening that saw...

The Roeland Park City Council will attempt to run to ground its issues with short-term rentals in the city, spurred by the listing of several properties on Airbnb. The topic will be the focus of a special called council...

The last of the feral cats at a home in Roeland Park are now gone, but the controversy had a dramatic flare before the Roeland Park City Council Monday. Steven Lewis appeared at the Roeland Park City Council meeting and...

Steven Lewis went to Roeland Park city court again this morning and left without being fined for presumably being the owner of feral cats that have taken up residence on his property. Municipal Judge Karen Torline decided to delay sentencing...

Rep. Jarrod Ousley of Merriam added his name to a letter calling for a legislative audit of the Kansas Department of Children and Family Services sent out last week. The letter says “the specter of alleged wrongdoing by the...

A Roeland Park man's attempt to do right by a group of feral cats that linger around his house landed him in court and facing fines for violating the city's animal control ordinance. “I’m actually the good guy, but I am...

The Roeland Park City Council tried again Monday to move toward an agreement about how to handle short-term rentals in the city, such as those found on Airbnb. A new policy could be a long time in the making...

A group of Mission Woods residents have formed a task force and are threatening to take legal action to stop work on expansion of a parking lot serving the University of Kansas Hospital Administration Center in Westwood after complaints...

Unhappy about the condition of the parcel of land at the corner of 47th and Mission Road, the Roeland Park Planning Commission has recommended that the city change its ordinance on demolition and removal of a structure. The condition of...