Mission Hills

A young member of a prominent northeast Johnson County family has become the fifth teenager to enter the race for Kansas governor. Joseph Tutera, Jr., whose father is the chief executive officer of Tutera Senior Living & Health Care, will...

No, Mission Hills isn't planning a massive bouncy house party on Ensley Lane. Crews working for the city recently started the process of dredging the pond at 63rd Street and Ensley Lane, about two blocks west of Mission Hills City...

In 2014, Mission Hills changed its domestic animal regulations to move from a breed-specific ban of pit bulls to an ordinance that allowed the city administration to label a dog "potentially dangerous" or "dangerous" if it exhibited signs of...

Two northeast Johnson County cities will see changes in their top office this November. Fairway Mayor Jerry Wiley has indicated that he does not intend to seek a third term, and Mission Hills Mayor Rick Boeshaar will be termed out...

For the second time in a row, Mission Hills Mayor Rick Boeshaar has used his column in the city's seasonal newsletter to highlight a newly passed state law that he believes could have a negative impact on life in...

After more than 10 months of work, Mission Hills has reopened 63rd Street to through traffic although bridge work will continue to cause challenges for drivers until Christmas. The well-traveled route between Northeast Johnson County and Kansas City had been...

The long-awaited reopening of 63rd Street through Mission Hills has been pushed back until at least Thanksving because of delays in replacing the bridge over Brush Creek at Indian Lane. The important crosstown route between Mission Road and State Line...

Mission Hills Mayor Rick Boeshaar's history of public service started early in his life — he earned his Eagle Scout rank from the Boy Scouts of America as a high schooler. Now, Boesharr and a group of area Eagle Scouts are...

A driver for a landscape service company ignored barricades last week and drove onto a freshly-paved section of 63rd Street in Mission Hills, causing an estimated $80,000 in damage. The driver drove around the 63rd Street barricade at State Line...

Mission Road through Fairway is going to get bumpier before it's better as the city prepares for the final phase of a public works project that's been under way since early spring. Weather permitting, work crews will begin milling the...

The Mission Hills City Council unanimously approved an ordinance raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products to 21 this week, joining other local communities in an effort being pushed by metropolitan health organizations. Mission Hills joins Westwood, which approved...

Mission Hills Mayor Rick Boeshaar used his column in the city's summer newsletter to draw residents' attention to a new state law that allows city and county government officials to carry guns on the job. Boeshaar's remarks on the subject...