Shawnee Mission Area

Leawood Police are crediting a dog with alerting an officer to help its owner, who was in need of medical attention at a residnential home last month. Leawood PD posted edited clips of the officer's body cam footage to social...

Overland Park could pull in millions of dollars for projects around its future city hall under the recently approved Black & Veatch redevelopment incentive deal. The entire package — one of the largest in Overland Park’s history — is tied...

Wil Sykes, a Blue Valley Northwest freshman, made his mark on New York City last month. A photo of Wil, a person with Down syndrome, appeared on two jumbotrons in Times Square on Sept. 12 as part of the National...

Two candidates vying for the mayoral seat to lead the City of Prairie Village laid out their priorities in a live forum hosted by the Johnson County Post on Thursday evening. The Post is hosting seven nights of forums for...

Masako Mickie Mentzer; Ruth Ann Leaton; Martin Fred Wollenberg; Joseph Lee Grahovac; Wayne Kenneth Wright; Paul Eugene Goff; Deena Lou Hallier; Janet Charlene Ingle; James V. Heaton, Sr.; Charles Anthony Lavery; Lawrence Joseph Waldeier; Pritam Kaur; Edward Henry...

Until spring 2027, drivers in Mission and northern Overland Park can expect delays along Metcalf Avenue. After a few delays, the Kansas Department of Transportation now expects the Metcalf Avenue repairs of the bridge above Johnson Drive, just east of...

If Democrats are to hold on to the governor's mansion in Kansas, it will be Cindy Holscher whom voters send there. The state senator from Overland Park is running against Republican Senate President Ty Masterson in this year's gubernatorial contest...

The Midland Drive Reconstruction Project will enter into a new phase on Monday, closing down a section of the road for at least one month. On Monday, the $12.4 million project will enter into Phase 3, where it will fully...

In the next few years, students supported by a new Shawnee Mission program to study education will hopefully find their way back to the district as teachers after graduating college. That's the plan the Shawnee Mission Education Foundation announced Tuesday...

By Rachel Schnelle New caps on federal student loans are intended to limit student debt and pressure higher education to lower costs, but that could cause unintended consequences and ultimately worsen a shortage of physicians in Kansas and nationwide. The limits...

It didn’t take long for Gardner to decide to stop using its Flock Safety cameras early after residents started raising concerns about the technology and its potential privacy implications. The devices in question are a type of Automated License Plate...

Overland Park could soon ask city voters to decide on a new sales tax to pay for parks and recreation projects, though several details are still unclear. Currently on the table is a 1/8-cent sales tax, a 1/4-cent sales tax...