Leawood News

A reckless driver may have caused a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 435 in Johnson County on Thursday afternoon. Leawood police, firefighters and Johnson County Med-Act paramedics were called to the eastbound lanes of I-435 between Lee Boulevard and State Line...

It keeps happening. A youngster is riding a bike or a scooter or maybe just walking on the sidewalk to school and something goes wrong. The child wobbles near traffic just a couple of feet away, or maybe gets...

Correction: This story was updated at 2:37 p.m. Sept. 8 to correct the location of one of the flood-prone areas in Leawood. The area near B.J. Collins' home on Wenonga Lane that also experiences flooding is between Cherokee and...

After three years, a locally owned boutique is saying goodbye to Leawood. Next month, women's clothing boutique Lalli’s will close its doors at the Park Place shopping center. Lalli’s Boutique is at 5210 W. 116th Place The boutique occupied a space...

A fitness studio geared toward “the new gold standard” of Pilates is on its way to Johnson County. Pilates Addiction, a fitness studio under the same ownership as wellness brands Body20 and Beem Light Sauna, has a new Leawood studio...

Leawood city councilmembers approved the revised final plan for the Regents Park-One35 project last week but not before working through their alarm over the size of the proposed mixed-use building along 135th Street. The project, previously approved by the planning...

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...