Prairie Village News

As a 10-year-old in the sixth grade, Sonny Gallardo started mowing lawns around Prairie Village. Gallardo, whose grandmother Monica Gallardo describes as a lifelong entrepreneur who had gumball machines at his favorite barbershop at the age of 4, fell in...

A Prairie Village home's detached garage is a total loss following a fire on Thursday afternoon. Just after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, crews from Consolidated Fire District No. 2, which covers much of northeastern Johnson County, responded to an emergency...

Councilmember Cole Robinson looks poised to be the next mayor of Prairie Village, with unofficial counts showing him solidly defeating a fellow councilmember for the job. On election night, Robinson had 7,480 votes, or 59%, to Inga Selders’ 5,153, or...

A Prairie Village taco eatery has officially closed its doors and exited the Kansas City area. On Thursday, Taco Republic closed at the Corinth Square shopping center, after roughly five years there. Taco Republic was at 4100 W. 83rd St. The...

Baseball has taught Drew Hull a lot. Over the past 15 years, he’s watched his two sons (now 21 and 19) grow up playing baseball — at their alma mater, Shawnee Mission East High School, and for different club teams...

Early in-person voting in Johnson County began Saturday, Oct. 17, and voters can cast advance ballots through Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3. There’s a lot on the Nov. 3 ballot, from a high-profile Senate contest to deciding who will...

About a month ago, Dave Dozier watched as two other members of a “If You Grew Up In Prairie Village” Facebook group argued over what used to occupy certain storefronts at the Shops of Prairie Village. Dozier, who grew up...

Updated Thursday, Oct. 29 Prairie Village Police identified the man killed in Wednesday afternoon's crash as Scott Christopher Miles, 39, of Overland Park. Police said the investigation into the single-vehicle crash remains ongoing. Original story continues below:  A 39-year-old man died after a...

Shawnee Mission welcomes two new high school principals this school year. The Post talked with both principals — at SM East and SM Northwest — about what drives them, their goals, their qualifications and more.  Leah Vomhof (Shawnee Mission East) A 1998...

Prairie Village is the first Johnson County to reject the 25-foot buffer law the state enacted earlier this year. The Prairie Village City Council during a committee meeting on Oct. 19 voted 11-0 to reject the Halo Act, making it...

Less than a year after opening in southern Overland Park, popular Italian sandwich shop La Fetta Delicatessen has expanded its reach with a new spot a little further north. The deli is in the recently updated Corinth Quarter shopping center...

In 2023, the Prairie Village City Council elections centered on a controversial set of housing recommendations that divided the city, creating tension inside council chambers, on social media and among neighbors. Two years later in 2025, a new round of...