Leawood News

The team behind popular restaurant Rye is expanding its footprint with a new bakery and coffee shop called Cornflower Baked Goods — in the building next to its Leawood location at Mission Farms. Owners Megan and Colby Garrelts opened Rye,...

The 22-acre office, commercial and residential Mission West development on 135th Street received another setback Monday, this time from the Leawood City Council. Developer Rick Oddo and Klover Architects had asked the city council for a second chance to appear...

A 56-year-old woman was injured after being hit by an SUV that drove off a roadway in Leawood onto a multi-use trail late Wednesday afternoon. Leawood police, firefighters and Johnson County Med-Act paramedics were called to the area of 133rd...

In response to pleas from parents for safer streets, the Leawood City Council has decided to explore additional pedestrian protections along 83rd Street while moving ahead with sidewalk replacement and new signals already in the plan for next year. “Our...

Olathe-based Brown Suga is currently on the move, in more ways than one. In November 2024, the cookie shop just four years in business at the time, caught a victory in Kansas City’s AltCap Your Biz pitch competition, which gives...

The 12 pickleball courts at the Leawood’s City Park have been popular enough that additional courts may be in the offing. Leawood Park and Recreation Director Chris Claxton presented some data to city councilmembers last week along with the possibility...

Leawood residents got an up-close look last Wednesday at the latest ideas for using the original fire station and city hall grounds at 96th Street and Lee Boulevard. Over 30 people showed up early to a meeting space near the...

Parents of Leawood elementary school children — some of whom had been recently hit by cars — asked city councilmembers for better pedestrian protections during an emotionally intense public comment section of the city council’s Monday meeting. Five parents, including...

When it comes to pie, Curt Lafferty knows his stuff. After attending the American Institute of Baking (now part of Kansas State University) in Manhattan, Kansas, he initially began a career in sales, eventually taking on Kansas-based Tippin’s Pies as...

Leawood residents chose Matt Peppes and Rachel Rubin to replace two retiring city councilmembers, according to unofficial results posted by the county election office Tuesday night. Voters chose Peppes over Sarah Meuli 1,197 – 120 for the Ward 1 spot....

A Leawood restaurant and antique shop is saying goodbye after roughly three years. Rakar Dumpling House, known for both dumplings and antique furniture, has announced its impending closure at the end of this year. Rakar Dumpling House is at 4971 W....

Leawood officials are asking the public to weigh in on a more specific plan for the site of its earliest government buildings, now that the city council has decided to raze the original city hall at 96th Street and...