Highlands Elementary

Lea Ann Combs, the current principal at Highlands Elementary, is wrapping up her last year in education. Why it matters: After 37 years in education, and more than 30 of those with Shawnee Mission, Combs will retire this summer. She...

A video produced by the local chapter of Grandparents Against Gun Violence features members of the Highlands Elementary community sharing their experiences from the day earlier this year that accused shooter Dylan Ruffin allegedly targeted the building and then...

Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe's office today released the conclusions of its review of the officer-involved shooting across the street from Highlands Elementary March 1. Howe said the use of potentially deadly force by three officers who discharged their...

Dylan Ruffin, the Fairway man charged with multiple crimes related to the shooting incidents near Highlands Elementary in March, made his first in-person court appearance Wednesday morning at the Johnson County Courthouse. Ruffin appeared in front of Judge Sara Welch...

Dylan Ruffin, the man charged with multiple crimes related to the shooting incidents near Highlands Elementary earlier this month, remains in custody in the Johnson County Adult Detention Center. But if he posts $500,000 bond, he will be prohibited from...

Law enforcement surveillance in the area surrounding Highlands Elementary school days before the officer-involved shooting on Friday was not related to the home in Fairway where the incident took place nor to suspect Dylan Christopher Ruffin, Johnson County Sheriff's...

Students in a 3rd grade class at Highlands Elementary had just left their room to head out to the playground for recess moments before a bullet struck their window Friday afternoon. In a meeting with Highlands Elementary parents Monday, Shawnee...

A 26-year-old Fairway man will be arraigned in Johnson County District Court this afternoon following his arrest Friday after pointing a gun at police responding to a report of shots fired in the area near Highlands Elementary. Dylan Christopher Ruffin...

As 2015-16 comes to an end, the school's sixth-grade classes wanted to find a way to commemorate a school year of new memories and learning. So Highlands' sixth grade teachers, Marie Hooker and Mike Torkelson, looked to the "lipdub"...

A group of northeast Johnson County elementary students are hoping area residents can help them bring home $50,000 in grant money to help fund education programs. Highlands Elementary, which pulls students from Mission, Prairie Village and Fairway, was named...