Prairie Village News

In 2026, Prairie Village’s annual VillageFest celebrated more than the Fourth of July. The annual Independence Day celebration coincided with the city’s 75th anniversary, America's 250th birthday and the 2026 FIFA World Cup coming to the Kansas City region —...

Prairie Village is working on a new 10-year contract with a different trash hauler, one that would keep residents' monthly pickup fees roughly on par with what the city had budgeted for. On June 15, the Prairie Village City Council...

As children's use of e-scooters, e-bikes and now, e-motorcycles, becomes increasingly concerning among city officials across Johnson County, Prairie Village Police plan to step up enforcement of its current restrictions — and explore tweaking those rules to match neighboring...

Prairie Village Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian on Nall Avenue earlier this month. The police posted the notice on Facebook last week, asking for more information and...

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...