Leawood News

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...

Drivers along 135th Street in Leawood will see some lane closures beginning Saturday, Nov. 1, as city crews begin sealing and repairing potholes. Weather permitting, certain lanes will be closed beginning Saturday and continuing through most of the month until...

Leawood planning commissioners have rejected a revised plan for a 22-acre mixed use development near 135th Street and Mission Road over concerns about traffic, detention ponds and its possible effect on a residential area and Mission Trails Elementary School...

A growing Leawood development may soon be home to Johnson County’s newest CAVA location. Plans for the new restaurant at the site are currently going through the city approval process in Leawood. This would mark the Mediterranean eatery’s fourth Johnson County...

Earlier this summer, the Post asked our readers what issues you wanted to hear candidates running for Leawood City Council to address leading up to the Nov. 4 election. Based on that feedback, we developed a five-item questionnaire centering the...