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In less than a year, a Shawnee Mission East graduate has gone from training in Arizona to becoming a bobsled athlete for Team USA. It's not a path the one-time all-state prep football standout had in mind when he graduated...

An altercation between a white male student and Black female student at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village has sparked an outcry among some students and prompted a local news organization focused on Black issues to call...

After several decades, the lobsters may no longer be landing at Shawnee Mission East. The SM East International Club may have hosted its final Lobster Landing, an annual lobster sale, last month. The several thousand dollars from the annual lobster sale...

Prairie Village Police are putting the razors away in support of a young Shawnee Mission East student who is fighting for her life. The police department is going a full month this November without shaving their facial hair — which...

Happy Thursday, Shawnee Mission! ?Today’s forecast: More rain showers expected. High: 71. Low: 50. ? One thing to know The Shawnee Mission East girls tennis team took home its fifth consecutive 6A state title earlier this month.  The 6A State Girls Tennis Tournament...

With sunny skies and early school releases, hundreds lined Mission Road in Prairie Village on Thursday afternoon to watch this year’s Lancer Day Parade. It's an annual tradition kicking off the start of a new school year — and football...

Happy Friday, Shawnee Mission! *Note: Outside of big breaking news, the Post will be taking Monday off to rest and observe Memorial Day. We plan to be back Tuesday with fresh headlines from your Johnson County communities. ☀️Today's forecast: Mostly sunny. High:...

A team of four Shawnee Mission East juniors is representing the Kansas City region this weekend at a national competition in Washington, D.C. The Lancers are headed to the Academic WorldQuest Nationals, a competition testing “their knowledge of world affairs,...

From football championships in the early 1960s to the girls' tennis team's recent string of eight straight Kansas state titles, Shawnee Mission East wants to showcase its winning traditions. That is, if the school can remember all the trophies ever...

Mark Simoneau, a former All-American at Kansas State University who went on to play 10 years in the NFL, is Shawnee Mission East's new head football coach. The school announced the move Monday, two months after former coach Justin Hoover...

Justin Hoover, Shawnee Mission East's football coach for the past five years, resigned on Dec. 2. The upshot: Hoover, who is also a private quarterback instructor, told the Post the difficult decision to resign came down to not being able...

Tricia Beaham, the longtime cross country coach at Shawnee Mission East, is retiring, capping off a pathbreaking career leading the running programs at her alma mater. The upshot: Beaham's announcement comes just days after she led the SM East boys...