Leawood News

A West Coast athleisure retailer is approaching its Johnson County debut. California-based ALO has a new store in the works in Leawood. According to a release, the store is targeting a fall opening. ALO is coming to 4868 W. 119th St ...

What’s the difference between a hobby and a business? For Ebony Paul-Harris, in large part, it was her mother. Baking cookies started out strictly as a hobby for her and her sister, Asia Lockett, in 2020. The sisters passed time...

Leawood had a busy year last year, and it’s about to get busier this year, Mayor Marc Elkins said as he gave his third annual State of the City speech. On Thursday at the Ironhorse Golf Course, Elkins outlined highlights...

Adam Hamilton, a prominent pastor at one of the largest churches in Johnson County, is exploring a run for the U.S. Senate as an independent candidate, which would position him to potentially challenge Republican incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall. Hamilton, who...

A probable cause affidavit details an exchange of gunfire that happened inside a Leawood assisted living facility earlier this month. Leawood Police were called to The Healthcare Resort of Leawood at 5401 W. 143rd St., at 3:31 a.m. on Tuesday,...

A stretch of Lee Boulevard between 81st Street and 103rd Street now has a lower speed limit in the latest effort by Leawood officials to address parents’ demands for pedestrian safety. The council unanimously voted last week to lower the...

A consultant urged Leawood planners and city councilmembers to be cautious as they consider residential and retail projects along 135th Street, because of the danger of building too many of the wrong type of buildings for the market. “If we...

Updated Wednesday, Feb. 18 The Chadwick Place housing development proposed for the area south of 135th Street and east of Chadwick Street will move forward, now that the Leawood City Council has approved its rezoning, preliminary plan and plat. Councilmembers on...

Updated: Tuesday, 2:15 p.m.  The Houlihan's restaurant at Leawood's Town Center Plaza will close in March as the city moves forward with plans to redevelop the site into multiple other eateries. Plans were recently submitted to the city of Leawood for...

The Johnson County District Attorney’s Office has charged a Kansas City, Missouri, man with attempted first-degree murder following a call early Tuesday morning about shots fired outside a Leawood senior living facility. Darrick Dekovan Miller, 32, made his first court...

Helmets will become a requirement for anyone under 18 riding an electric-powered scooter, bicycle or other device in Leawood, the city council has decided. The Leawood City Council last week approved the new rule, which will go into effect after...

Leawood Police confirm two employees of a senior living facility exchanged gunfire early Tuesday morning. Officers from Leawood and Overland Park responded to The Healthcare Resort of Leawood, 5401 W. 143rd St., at 3:31 a.m. In a news release, Leawood Police...