Northeast Johnson County News

Roeland Park Police confirm they’re investigating after gunfire was reported in the parking lot of the Walmart on Roe Boulevard. According to online call logs, officers were first dispatched to the store at 5150 Roe Boulevard at 3:21 p.m. on...

Merriam's first grocery store in eight years officially opened to the public on Wednesday morning. Hundreds of shoppers showed up to the California grocery chain’s Wednesday morning opening of the new Merriam store at 8700 Shawnee Mission Parkway, lining up...

Just weeks after opening in one Johnson County city, a Missouri-based pizzeria has officially debuted in another one. On Monday, Pizza Tascio opened its newest Johnson County restaurant, right on Johnson Drive in Mission. Pizza Tascio opened at 5422 Johnson Drive ...

Balls Foods Stores Inc., the parent company of several Johnson County grocery stores, including Price Choppers and Hen House locations, now calls Mission home. After years in Kansas City, Kansas, the grocery store company moved its corporate headquarters to 5830...

A $75 million redevelopment project of a decades-old city pool site is well underway in Roeland Park. Moraine, the redevelopment formerly known as The Rocks, is on track to bring a 287-unit apartment complex and a 3,500-square foot restaurant to...

A Mission Hills attorney has been sentenced to five years in prison after a Johnson County, Missouri, judge rejected a plea bargain that could have ended with him on probation. On Monday in Johnson County, Missouri, District Court, Peter E....

The first grocery store to operate in Merriam in nearly a decade will open in less than two weeks. Trader Joe’s, a national grocery chain based in California, will open its new Merriam location at 9 a.m., on Wednesday, Sept....

Two years after Prairie Village’s housing debate was effectively put to rest, a new state law is forcing the city to delve back into housing discussions. Senate Bill 418, known as the by-right housing bill and signed into law earlier...

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”...

The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has formally decreed that Phil Baniewicz, the former president of Bishop Miege High School in Roeland Park, is unfit for employment and other activities involving minors and vulnerable persons within the archdiocese. The...

A Mission man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for possession of a machine gun and more than 40 grams of fentanyl. In a news release, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas says Marquis...

When Matt Jones opened his Mission bar in 2011, it was a quiet beginning. “I’m not a big fancy-to-do guy,” Jones said. “We kind of just swept it up, cleaned it up, and turned on the open sign and said,...