Leawood News

The Leawood City Council is leaning toward asking voters to approve a new higher sales tax next year to replace the city's current 1/8-cent tax dedicated to stormwater and street projects. Councilmembers left a work session on Aug. 10 with...

Three Johnson County libraries will have temporary closures this fall for maintenance that ranges from roof replacement to routine maintenance on air handling systems. County library board members authorized the repairs without comment during recent board meetings. Gardner Library —...

Twenty-eight year veteran of the Overland Park Fire Department Andrew Grove will take over as fire chief in Leawood beginning Sept. 8, the city has announced. The Leawood City Council unanimously approved Grove’s appointment on Monday night. He succeeds former...

The first full week of school got off to an anxious start for one Johnson County family this week, after their son was hit while riding a scooter to school in Leawood. Now, Leawood Police are urging drivers to be...

A new LEGO store has officially arrived in Leawood, after leaving its longtime spot at the Oak Park Mall. At the end of July, the Danish construction toy brand unveiled its new store at the Town Center Crossing shopping center...

Updated: Monday, 11:45 a.m.  A 13-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital after being hit by a vehicle while riding a motorized scooter to school in Leawood on Monday morning. In a news release, Leawood Police Chief Brad Robbins said...

It’s been nearly 15 years since Megan and Colby Garrelts opened their popular restaurant, Rye — and even longer since Megan started baking. As a child in the suburbs of Chicago, she often baked with her mother, picking cherries off...

A revised development plan that reconfigures some buildings planned for the One35 development in Leawood got a nod of approval Tuesday from the city’s planning commission. The Leawood Planning Commission OK'ed a part of the development that calls for a...

After roughly two years in business, an upscale seafood eatery has pulled up its anchor in Leawood. On Saturday, seafood restaurant Aqua Penny’s, which is owned by the same husband-and-wife team behind popular Thai eatery Bamboo Penny’s, had its last...

In a Leawood space that once served fried chicken, eggs are frying and mimosas are pouring. Popular brunch spot AR's has officially celebrated its grand opening at the former Mother Clucker space at Leawood’s Park Place. AR’s opened at 11635 Ash...

In a former coffee cakery space in Leawood, things look quite different than they did last year. Customers who step into the former Frannie Franks shop will now find a carefully curated space filled with suit jackets, fabric books and...

After years of wrangling and indecision, the Leawood City Council on Monday approved a master plan for what will become a park and gathering space at the site of the city’s first fire station and city hall. The plan includes...