Johnson County News

It was another busy odd-year election for local offices in Johnson County. For the third straight cycle, dating back to 2021, election turnout for purely local races — mayors, city councils, school boards and more — is set to get...

Robert Joseph “Bob” Holtgraver Sr.; Linda Sue Bousman; Henry Herbert Klemp; Alan Fredric Wilms; Vineta “Neta” Gafford McCall; Regina M. Seuferling; Kay Smith Patton; Francis John Orrick III; June Yerby; Norma Jean Canady; Keith Q. Hayes; James Clifford...

The idea of a new congressional map that would split Johnson County’s representation into two or more districts faded this week, but not completely. And while statehouse Republicans vow to keep pushing for redrawn boundaries when the next legislative...

Updated: Thursday, Nov. 6 Two new trustees and two returning office holders have been elected to the board that manages Johnson County Community College, according to unofficial election results tabulated Tuesday. Voters were asked to choose up to four candidates of...

A 20-year-old Miami County man is in the hospital with serious injuries after crashing his car across all lanes of U.S. Highway 69 in southern Johnson County late Wednesday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol's online crash log says that at...

Some school board races in Johnson County are too close to call after unofficial election results came in Tuesday night. A few incumbents on the Gardner Edgerton and Spring Hill school boards face close challenges, with only a handful of...

Former Blue Valley School District Superintendent David Benson pulled an upset win over incumbent board member Jim McMullen for the Area 6 spot on the Blue Valley school board, according to unofficial vote totals Tuesday night. Benson and incumbent board...

Updated: Thursday, Nov. 6 The polls in Johnson County closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday, and the county election office has released unofficial final results. Results published on this page are unofficial. Next to each candidate’s name are included the number of...

It's Election Day in Johnson County! From Shawnee to Spring Hill and from Olathe to Overland Park, voters will be electing officials to lead their most local (and we'd argue, most important) level of government. There are contests for city council...

Johnson County food pantries say they are preparing for an influx of need amid uncertainty created by the ongoing federal government shutdown and a legal fight over federal food benefits. Originally, the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP —...

Leslie Warren Anderson; Bill Worland; Billy Lee Carrell; Phillip Leonard; Gary Bruce Hunsicker; Patricia Carolyn Sievers Seager; Sandra “Sandy” Sue Yonke; Michael Lindeken; Kevin Geraghty; Robert Joseph “Bobby” Borjas; Mary Carolyn Swanson Engel; Mary K Sine Coldiron; Dorothy...

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