Leawood News

Roughly three years after leaving Leawood, clothing retailer J. Crew is on its way back. The New York-based company plans to open a new store in the city later this summer. J. Crew is coming to 119th Street and Roe Avenue ...

Leawood residents at Tuesday’s open house on the historic city hall and Fire Station No. 1 saw a revised list of options significantly different from the ones last discussed at a city council meeting in June. The open house on...

Two years after making its Johnson County debut, a hair salon specializing in blowouts is expanding its local footprint. California-based Drybar has a new Leawood location in the works, which will likely open by the end of this year. Drybar is...

The ownership of Town Center Plaza and Town Center Crossing changed hands July 1. Both shopping centers in Leawood are now owned by Federal Realty Investment Trust, which bought the properties near 119th Street and Roe Avenue for an...

A former Hereford House employee accused of contaminating food and posting about it online has pleaded guilty to 33 felony charges. On Thursday, Jace Hanson, 22, appeared in Johnson County District Court to plead guilty  on all charges. Judge Thomas...

Though Kansas is landlocked, a new concept has officially brought the beach (or at least the sand) to Johnson County this summer. After watching indoor sandboxes in other metro areas across the country become popular on social media, Justin Finn...

After eight months of renewed talks and work sessions, the Leawood City Council appears no closer to choosing a comprehensive master plan for the original City Hall and Fire Station buildings at 96th Street and Lee Boulevard. Rather than choosing...

More than a decade ago, Ben Gervais made a discovery. While training as a runner in Minnesota, his running coach advised him to get into strength training to improve his form. As an athlete going back to his high school days,...

Something new is cooking at the site of a former taco shop in Leawood. The Missouri-based owners of Session Taco closed the eatery’s only Johnson County location earlier this year. But the lights won’t be out in its former space...

Preserving Leawood's original City Hall building for some unspecified future use remains on the table as the city council gets closer to finalizing a master plan for the building as well as an old fire station at 96th Street...

The Leawood City Council on Monday approved a resolution designating the Johnson County Post's print edition as an official city newspaper, becoming the first local government in the county to do so. The move comes just weeks after the Post's...

High construction costs, interest rates and difficulty finding financing with the right mix of tenants has caused a delay in the construction for the Oxford Promenade development in Leawood. The apartment and retail project proposed for the southwest corner of...