Sonia Warshawski, a Holocaust survivor and businesswoman often known as "Big Sonia," is closing her Overland Park tailoring business.
Since 1989, customers at John's Tailoring have been privy to all of Warshawski's stories. One of the few Holocaust survivors to...
An unassuming stream that runs through parts of Overland Park and Leawood should keep the name Negro Creek to better educate the public about the area’s uncomfortable history concerning slavery, a local advisory committee has decided.
The decision comes with...
An exhibit on the history of racially discriminatory lending practices in Johnson County has proved so popular with visitors that the Johnson County Museum is now seeking to make it a permanent digital resource.
“REDLINED: Cities, Suburbs and Segregation” closed...
The annual spectacle that is the Kentucky Derby returns to Churchill Downs on Saturday, with people across the country (including locally at Tavern In the Village in the Prairie Village Shops) celebrating the Run for the Roses with impeccable...
It wasn’t long after an article on Negro Creek ran in Johnson County’s Best Times magazine that suggestions for alternative names began coming in.
Freedom Creek, Liberation Creek, Emancipation Creek, Mo-Kan Creek, Stanley Creek, Juneteenth Creek, BLM Creek, Racial Justice...
November is National Native American Heritage Month, an event first commemorated in 1990 as a time of "recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S."
There are several points of interest...
From slavery to school buses to scholarships, the McCallop family has played an integral role in the history of Shawnee and Johnson County.
In fact, five generations of McCallops have continued the legacy of fighting for freedom, equality and access...
Editor's note
This is the final part of a three-part series examining Johnson County's history of racist housing policies and the impact those policies still have on our community today. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
This...
Editor's note
This is Part 2 of a three-part series examining Johnson County's history of racist housing policies and the impact those policies still have on our community today. You can read Part 1 here, and look for Part 3...
Editor's note
This is Part 1 of a three-part series examining Johnson County's history of racist housing policies and the impact those policies still have on our community today. Look for Parts 2 and 3 on Wednesday and Thursday.
Widespread protests...
This weekend, the grounds of the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway will transform back to their formative days, when re-enactors, local crafters and artisans as well as folk musicians relive a part of northeast Johnson County history.
The 33rd annual...
The dream of a group of Overland Park history buffs has become a reality.
Since the group's inception back in 1994, the Overland Park Historical Society has had its eye on the building at 8001 Santa Fe Drive, where the...
