Mission Valley

Shawnee Mission Superintendent Jim Hinson announced Thursday that the school district is creating a task force to explore moving sixth graders out of elementary schools and into a middle school setting, a decision he said will have a major impact...

Dismissing their legal arguments as a “kitchen-sink approach,” three 10th Circuit Court of Appeals judges on Monday denied a group of Shawnee Mission parents’ attempt to get the federal government to intervene in the Kansas school finance formula, which...

The "enhanced transition zone" in the Tutera Group's most recent proposal for redevelopment of the Mission Valley site might have been intended to address neighbors' complaints about the density of the property -- but it seems to offer the...

The Prairie Village Planning Commission and the members of the public who spoke against the proposed Mission Chateau senior living community brought up dozens of issues at Tuesday night's hearing. But at the heart of the controversy surrounding the facility,...

When it all was said and done after three-and-a-half hours of proceedings Tuesday, one issue seemed to loom above all others in the Prairie Village Planning Commission's consideration of the proposed Mission Chateau senior living community: the size. After nearly...

After months of delays on account of a city moratorium on special use permit applications, weather and postponements from the developer, the Prairie Village Planning Commission on Tuesday got its first good look at the Tutera Group's plans for...

The Prairie Village Planning Commission on Tuesday gave the green light to a process that could establish a formal procedure for protesting certain development projects in the city — and may ultimately impact the development of the Mission Valley site. In...

  The neighborhood group that exerted significant influence the spring over zoning decisions for the Mission Valley site is organizing itself again. Mission Valley Neighbors Association leader Bob Schubert sent a message to group members this week urging them to attend...

From the sound of it, Mission Valley's owners may have had a change of heart about building new retail space on the site of the shuttered middle school. Prairie Village assistant city administrator Dennis Enslinger told the city council Monday...

It was mission accomplished for the Mission Valley Neighbors Association Monday night. With an 8-2 vote and no debate, the Prairie Village City Council affirmed the recommendation of the city's Planning Commission that the preferred zoning for the former Mission...

Keep it R-1A, said the neighbors. Okay, said the commissioners. With a unanimous vote on Tuesday before a full house at Friendship Hall in Village Presbyterian Church, the Prairie Village Planning Commission approved a resolution officially establishing R-1A zoning uses —...

If there's an upside to the recent school closings in the area, it's that the vacant buildings have given local police and fire teams a unique opportunity to conduct specialized training operations. Local law enforcement teams today will be using...