Northeast Johnson County News

At the beginning of 2026, you couldn’t find Yemeni coffee in Johnson County. Known for flavors like cinnamon, cardamom and clove, Yemeni coffee has now landed with a splash, with multiple coffee shops now serving it in the Kansas City...

The city of Merriam’s move to a citywide, single trash hauler is almost complete. Starting Nov. 2, all residential trash service will be conducted by GFL Environment LLC, a Canada-based trash hauler that the city has a five-year contract with...

A rush-hour crash caused significant traffic delays on Monday morning. The crash happened just after 8 a.m. on southbound Interstate 35 near Johnson Drive in Merriam. Recorded radio traffic from arriving firefighters reported that four vehicles were involved in the crash...

A nearly 650-unit apartment project received the green light from the city of Mission. The Mission City Council last week cleared the way for a three-building, 646-unit apartment project at 5665 Foxridge Drive and 5700 Broadmoor St., a Block Real...

For 20 years, the site at the southwest corner of Roe Avenue and Johnson Drive in Mission has sat as an empty lot. Now, after years of failed starts for proposals submitted by the same owner, the potential for a...

For Jim Cosgrove, stories can be told in multiple different ways. One big way he’s been telling them, for multiple decades, is by picking up a guitar. The Johnson County-based children’s musician, known to his audience as “Mr. Stinky Feet”,...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of our series “Helping Hands”, which aims to spotlight Johnson Countians doing good in the background of their community. If you have an idea for someone to spotlight in a future “Helping Hands”...

When Melinda Worth Popham was growing up in the still relatively new and seemingly manicured Mission Hills in the 1950s, she woke up every morning to a new edition of The Kansas City Star. It always sat in a...

The potential for a “drastically different” downtown Merriam may come with the cost of a new municipal sales tax. On Monday, City Administrator Chris Engel outlined an early proposal to the Merriam City Council for a potential sales tax ballot...

A man is in custody after leading the Kansas Highway Patrol on a high-speed chase that started in Kansas City, Kansas, and ended in a Fairway front yard. Technical Trooper Tiffany Baylark told the Post in an emailed response to...

No one was injured when a Ford Raptor pickup truck that had been running from Kansas Highway Patrol troopers crashed into a Fairway front yard late Sunday night. The crash happened around 10:45 p.m. at 53rd Street and Mission Road. The...

A Johnson County judge last week ordered the long-troubled Mission Gateway site to be sold through foreclosure, and a local developer has already struck a deal to potentially buy the property. The city of Mission announced Wednesday morning that Kansas...