There are no longer 50 e-bikes coming to two northeast Johnson County cities.
The cities of Mission and Roeland Park in the past two weeks have decided to pull back from $500,000 worth of federal grant funding that would have...
Elizabeth Kashka has fond memories of the old Hen House at Merriam Town Center.
She took her grandmother grocery shopping there every other weekend for two decades. She still recalls the day the store opened, when kids played in water...
A long-troubled animal shelter in Mission may soon be replaced with a new doggie daycare business.
Playful Pack is eyeing the space currently occupied by Unleashed Pet Rescue and Adoption, an animal shelter in Mission that’s come under fire in...
In the past several months, Andrew Nguyen knows he hasn’t been the only one looking forward to the opening of his new restaurant.
As the restaurant's opening has inched closer over the past several months of renovations, he said, he’s...
You may have noticed a 16-foot limestone and steel tower at the northeast corner of Merriam and Johnson drives at the entrance to downtown Merriam.
The tower is actually a sculpture, “Still Time” by Dan Maginn. Through a wind chime,...
By Sam Zeff
Sometimes called the “Kansas Seabiscuit,” Lawrin won the Kentucky Derby in 1938 and played a role in the careers of a famous trainer and an even more famous jockey.
Lawrin was trained at the 200-acre Woolford farm, near...
A new bar and restaurant is making its Johnson County debut at a growing Merriam corner.
30hop, known for craft beers and “globally-inspired” cuisine, officially opened its doors Wednesday at the Merriam Grand Station development.
30hop opened at 8715 Shawnee Mission...
A well-known burger chain plans to expand its Johnson County presence.
New York-based Shake Shack plans to open a new location at the growing Merriam Grand Station development, according to a social media announcement from the development’s Kansas City-based developers,...
A two-room schoolhouse in Merriam changed the course of public education and desegregation efforts in Kansas and across the U.S. New research from a local university is exploring the depth of that impact.
Students at MidAmerica Nazarene University are researching...
Things look different for Tony Marin these days.
For more than two decades, Marin made a career as a creative director in the advertising industry. But the Kansas City native said he's always had a passion for wine.
Now he gets...
A resident-led group who successfully organized in opposition to selling Westwood's main city park earlier this month still insists the city should buy the old Westwood View Elementary building nearby in order to build an even larger park on...
Updated: Monday, April 21
Two teenagers killed in a head-on crash Saturday night in Johnson County were Shawnee Mission South High School students.
District officials confirmed Itzel Guerra, 18, was a senior at the Overland Park school and Jose Placensia Castañeda,...
