Prairie Village News

The Lenexa Police Department is hoping to get new leads on a disappearance and death case that happened 40 years ago in July. This week, Lenexa Police launched a new webpage dedicated to highlighting and gathering new information on cold...

When Robin Krause opened her new restaurant at Corinth Square, she wasn’t just expanding her restaurateur portfolio. In a sense, she was also coming home. Krause, after all, is a Prairie Village native. She graduated from Shawnee Mission East, just...

Bike rides? Yoga in the park? World Cup players are just like us! Okay, maybe not, but a few England soccer players enjoyed a relaxing-seeming morning at Meadowbrook Park in Prairie Village on Wednesday. It came a day after the squad's...

It’s been roughly eight months since Italian deli La Fetta landed with a splash in Overland Park. Days tend to be busy at the locally owned sandwich shop. In fact, owner Adam Bracco said, the support and enthusiasm that La...

Prairie Village commemorated Juneteenth with music, barbecue and family fun at its sixth annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration in Harmon Park on Friday night. Fun features for kids included face painting, balloon animals and a kiddie pool filled with rubber ducks....

The oldest branch in the Johnson County Library system may relocate to the city of Prairie Village’s civic campus. On Monday, County Librarian Tricia Suellentrop with the Johnson County Library pitched a plan to the Prairie Village City Council that calls...

A plan to remake the old YMCA into a 20-home redevelopment moved a step further to becoming reality. In early June, the Prairie Village Planning Commission advanced two items progressing the Price Brothers’ redevelopment proposal for the old Paul Henson...

Updated Sunday, June 14 The England national soccer team arrived by charter bus to their hotel in Prairie Village on Saturday afternoon. Dozens of fans and autograph seekers crowded outside on a grassy median across from The Inn at Meadowbrook as...

With the city of Prairie Village celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, two residents set their minds to embracing a first for the city: Prairie Village Pride. Kevin Kinsella and Kassie McClure, who sit on the city’s diversity committee, spent...

A new trash, recycling and yard waste provider may be in Prairie Village’s future. The Prairie Village City Council on Monday voted 11-1 to direct city staff to bring back a contract for consideration with GFL under the Mid-America Regional...

Ready or not, the World Cup is coming to Johnson County in a matter of weeks. More specifically, it's coming to Meadowbrook Park, one of the area's most-used public parks and a beloved amenity near where Leawood, Prairie Village and...

Throughout Claudia Luna West’s culinary journey, empanadas have been front and center. They’re one of the standout dishes at her Argentinian restaurant, Buenos Aires Restaurante, in downtown Shawnee. But even before she started serving her empanadas there, many Johnson Countians...