Shawnee News

A Shawnee man with previous convictions involving children will serve 15 years in federal prison for four charges related to child sexual abuse material. On Thursday, David Mark Jones, 35, of Shawnee, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court of...

Four years after the Shawnee City Council approved an ordinance allowing the sale of fireworks in the city, it has now made the sale and use of fireworks illegal. On Monday, the Shawnee City Council voted 7-1 to repeal Chapter...

A retailer that got its start on the East Coast has officially debuted in Johnson County. Last week, discount retailer Black Friday Outlet “soft opened” in Shawnee — its first store in the Kansas City metro area. Black Friday Outlet opened...

A property once planned to be used for a shopping plaza in the 1980s never came to being, so it will revert back to zoning for agricultural use, potentially for future development someday. On July 20, the Shawnee Planning Commission...

By the fall, the once-derelict shopping center at 75th and Quivira in Shawnee will look much different with the opening of a new grocery store. Serving as the anchor store for Westbrooke Green Shopping Center, a new El Mercado Fresco...

A 62-year-old Shawnee man died at the Lake of the Ozarks on Saturday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the man was swimming off a dock at 32659 Crescent Drive in Morgan County on Saturday around 4:40 p.m. Troopers say...

A local grocery chain will soon trade one Shawnee space for another. Mexican grocery chain Mi Pueblito Meat Market will soon leave its space at the redeveloping Westbrooke Green shopping center — heading instead to a new Shawnee home, in...

Shawnee gave the green light to a "first of its kind" high-rise apartment complex aimed at fostering an active adult community in the city. On Monday, the Shawnee Planning Commission voted 6-0 to approve the rezoning and preliminary site plan...

An uninsured Shawnee resident just watched her medication's cost plummet from $850 to $5. That cost savings, she said, is thanks to the help of a new nonprofit organization's pharmacy, called Pharmacy of Grace, whose leaders hope to support...

The Bar’s space in Shawnee didn’t stay quiet for very long. The locally owned bar and grill’s flagship location, dubbed The Bar West, closed its doors in May after more than 15 years. But if all goes according to plan,...

A Kansas City-area discount store has arrived in a new Johnson County city. Earlier this month, locally owned thrift store chain Maj-R Thrift opened a new store in downtown Shawnee. Maj-R Thrift opened at 6220 Nieman Road The store took over...

Drivers with unpaid traffic tickets in Olathe and Shawnee can settle their dues in a creative way this summer: by donating school supplies. The cities are once again giving residents the opportunity to donate new school supplies as credit toward...