Shawnee Mission Faces

Where in the world is Paul Dorrell? When he’s not at his Brookside studio, Leopold Gallery + Art Consulting, which he founded in 1991, he could be anywhere in the country, installing a piece of art or traveling to expand...

Mission Market visitors may have seen him playing music for the crowds this summer. Or maybe they learned geography from him years ago at Shawnee Mission North. But Ned Scott wears many hats nowadays. A retired schoolteacher since 2014 from...

Editor’s note: This is the story of a domestic violence victim who chose to identify herself to the Post and share about her firsthand experiences of surviving and escaping an abusive partner. Her story contains content some readers may...

This year is a big one for the Shawnee Mission Northwest Class of 1971. Alumni are celebrating 50 years since graduating as the second class from the newly minted school, which (sort of) opened in fall 1969 (more on...

From her childhood days picking violets, Jay MacEwen has always loved flowers. So, the upstate New York native grows flowers in her Overland Park backyard. This year marks the first official year of selling cut flowers with her new business,...

Back when Rusty James was in police work, he enjoyed taking the animal-related calls. James has a soft spot for all animals, especially dogs. For nearly a decade, he and his (soon-to-be-ex) wife, Caprice James, have been rescuing dogs —...

As the victim specialist for the criminal investigations division of the Overland Park Police Department, Kim Donovan is here to listen. With her lifelong career in counseling and education, she knows what an advocate needs to do in moments of...

After years of planning and designing, Brad and Iris Hardin have built a custom home for their family near downtown Overland Park. Brad, a native of Oak Grove, Missouri, who earned his architecture degree from Kansas State University, met his...

As the new director of community planning at United Community Services of Johnson County, Erika García Reyes knows exactly what she wants to do.  With her early life experiences as an undocumented immigrant and a teen mother with little income,...

The daughter of locally famous artists Joseph and Anna Belle Cartwright, who are known for sculpting the “Homesteaders” statue in Prairie Village, Jessie Cartwright has branched off to exercise her own creative skills, primarily in fiber art and felt...

After more than 20 years as an architectural and interior photographer, Michael Robinson has developed an eye for beautiful buildings. He discovered his passion for architecture when he traveled to Poland with his then-girlfriend in high school. He didn’t put...

A brand new soft-surface trail for mountain biking and hiking is now open in Cedar Niles Park in Olathe, thanks to the work of volunteers like Pete Barth. A volunteer for more than 20 years with Urban Trail Co., Barth...