Leawood News

In a decision that one councilmember described as “heartbreaking,” the Leawood City Council last week voted to follow their public works department’s advice and not install sidewalks on some streets leading to Brookwood Elementary School next year. The sidewalks were...

Just months after making its Prairie Village debut, a healthy eatery has already set its sights on another Johnson County city. Arizona-based Flower Child has filed plans to open a new location as part of a redeveloping part of the...

The new owners of Town Center Plaza and Town Center Crossing are asking Leawood City Council members to approve a special sales tax district to help them with the cost of an exterior makeover. Representatives of Federal Realty Investment Trust...

Six candidates vying for three seats representing parts of northeastern Johnson County and the Blue Valley area laid out their priorities in a live forum hosted by the Johnson County Post on Tuesday night. The Post is hosting seven nights...

The Leawood mayor and city councilmembers voted to give themselves their first pay raise in nine years, approving base pay increases of 36.4% and 50% since 2018 for the councilmembers and mayor respectively. The city council also approved increases in...

The memory of Angela Hammond is often running in the background of Echo Divers founder James Hinkle’s mind as he combs through historical maps and runs drone flights for real estate agents. Hinkle was 17 when Hammond went missing during...

A California-based retailer has officially made its Johnson County debut. On Friday, athleisure store Alo opened its new store at the Town Center Plaza in Leawood. Alo opened at 4868 W. 119th St. The store took over a space at the...

Leawood voters will decide this spring whether to allow the city to charge a five-eighths cent special sales tax dedicated to replacing corrugated metal stormwater pipes and updating equipment in the police and fire departments. With one councilmember absent, the...

Leawood Police say the vehicle found at the bottom of a neighborhood retention pond over the weekend belonged to a man reported missing in 2016. In a press release on Monday afternoon, Leawood Police Capt. Jason Ahring said the vehicle...

Eleven months after Brookwood Elementary School fourth grader Duke Ommert was killed while riding his e-scooter — prompting heartfelt pleas from parents for safer streets — the Leawood City Council is preparing to discuss a recommendation not to install...

The Leawood Police Department says a volunteer dive team found a vehicle belonging to a missing person in a pond on Saturday morning. In a news release, Leawood Police Department spokesperson Capt. Jason Ahring said the vehicle was found in...

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...