Blue Valley Area

Updated: Friday, Oct. 2  The Johnson County Post will not host a forum for candidates running for Kansas' Third Congressional District this year. After Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids said she would not participate, her Republican challenger, former Shawnee city councilmember Eric...

When people go for a walk in local parks later this year, they might happen upon four new bee habitats that are part of a new project by the Johnson County Park & Recreation District. On Thursday, JCPRD unveiled four...

Just months after making its Prairie Village debut, a healthy eatery has already set its sights on another Johnson County city. Arizona-based Flower Child has filed plans to open a new location as part of a redeveloping part of the...

When a blue Ford F-150 pulled up to his work site in Lawrence on Aug. 18, Oscar Sanchez-Corona knew exactly why it was there. He recognized the truck from videos of ICE detentions he had seen on social media. Sanchez-Corona, an...

Jackson County, Missouri, prosecutors have charged a Johnson County Community College police officer with two sex crimes stemming from a September 2024 incident. In a news release, Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office Director of Communications Jazzlyn Johnson said Rodrigo Aldofo Sanchez-Flores,...

The new owners of Town Center Plaza and Town Center Crossing are asking Leawood City Council members to approve a special sales tax district to help them with the cost of an exterior makeover. Representatives of Federal Realty Investment Trust...

James Michael “Mike” O’Grady; Susan Kathryn Parker; Glen Ernest Strecker; Debra “Deb” Wiggins; Pamela Clark; Barbara Ann Holmes; Florencia B. Meman; Dennis Ray Shaw; Jeffery Kendall; Jack Dennis Reeves; Wesley Dale Wright; John Alan Slater; Jenifer Nicole Longworth; ...

A U.S. Postal Service employee in Johnson County has pleaded guilty to stealing mail. The employee worked at the Blue Valley Post Office, 12433 Antioch Road, in Overland Park. According to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office, District...

Last month, we asked readers what you wanted to hear local candidates talking about as they vie for your vote ahead of the Nov. 3 election. We received nearly 90 responses, and based on that input, we’ve developed questionnaires for...

An Olathe man is facing federal charges after allegedly registering and voting illegally in Kansas. On Wednesday in the U.S. District Court of Kansas, George Olawunmi Johnson, 67, a Nigerian national living in Olathe, made an initial appearance for one...

By Grace Hills Independent Kansas voters could be what sends a Democrat to the U.S. Senate, but also what keeps a Democrat out of the governor’s office. A poll by Emerson College has Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hamilton prevailing over...

Former President Barack Obama is on the roster for a private event this weekend in Overland Park, and he’s not the only noteworthy politician on the list. Obama is scheduled to participate in “a moderated conversation.” Former U.S. Secretary of...