Lenexa News

The new police chief for the Lenexa Police Department is vowing transparency and communication after a controversial year. On Dec. 29, 2025, the City of Lenexa announced Deputy Eric Schmitz, an officer with 29 years of experience in law enforcement,...

With the new year underway, the Post is keeping tabs on some big development projects in the ever-expanding city of Lenexa. From new developments in the western part of the city to major projects downtown, to a rebuilt pool and...

Lenexa Fire officials say an early morning house fire caused more than $1 million in damage but left no residents injured. Firefighters from Lenexa, Shawnee and Olathe were called to the 20800 block of West 89th Terrace at 4:17 a.m. In...

Shawnee and Lenexa readers focused in on our crime and court coverage this year. Some of the most-read stories centered on tragic loss and serious criminal cases, while others demonstrated the growth and change happening in the two neighboring cities. Here...

After years of talks, developers broke ground on phase one of a large multifamily residential development near 89th Street and Woodsonia Drive in Lenexa. On Dec. 12, representatives with Oak IQ Investments and the City of Lenexa broke ground on...

Lance Windholz, as he tells it, has always had a passion for sports. That passion led him to become the owner of the Shawnee Mission Beach Volleyball club. This year, the club held its first ever pro volleyball tournament, which brought...

By Sam Zeff In June, Lenexa police killed a Grandview man. Jose Enrique Cartagena-Chacon, 25, was sitting behind the wheel of his car in an apartment complex parking lot with a gun in his lap when two officers arrived. Callers to 911...

Lenexa Police say a woman reported missing on Sunday has been found dead. In a statement Monday morning, Master Police Officer Danny Chavez, a spokesperson for Lenexa Police, said Amber Foster's body was discovered in the 17800 block of West...

A Kansas City, Kansas, man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 435 in Lenexa on Friday morning. Lenexa police, firefighters, Johnson County Med-Act paramedics and Kansas Highway Patrol troopers were called to the crash under the 95th Street...

Three years ago, a spark of an idea became a flame for Emily Young. During the COVID-19 pandemic, people became more creative with ways to spend their time — including Young herself, who found herself spending more time than usual...

A Lenexa commission has advanced preliminary plans for a 33-acre, 50-lot subdivision in the western part of the city. On Monday, the Lenexa Planning Commission unanimously approved the rezoning and preliminary plans for Enclave at Twin Creeks, a planned single-family...

A Lenexa man faces a new charge related to indecent liberties with a child while awaiting trial for an unrelated fatal hit-and-run accident. On Nov. 7 in Johnson County District Court, Matthew Bray, 49, of Lenexa, was charged with one...