Shawnee Mission Area

Just a few months after the closure of a burger restaurant at Oak Park Mall, something new is on the way. The owners of the mall off 95th Street and Quivira Road in Overland Park announced the new tenant this...

From laptop to watch to camera batteries, the City of Shawnee will help people recycle their used batteries in a safer, more environmentally friendly way. As part of "National Battery Take-Back Day," Shawnee is collaborating with Waste Management, the National...

A familiar hot dog on wheels will be stopping by two events in Johnson County this weekend as part of a tour aimed at lifting people's spirits. The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile will be on display Friday from 4 to 9...

Jane Ann (Bowen) Bolte; John Charles Whitaker; Suzanne Watters; Janet Lou Searle; Elsie Virginia Epperson; Arlene Swanson; Sally Mae West; Joan Edna Pils; Suman Kumer Thakur; Asta L. Van Keirsbilck; Barbara May Victorine; Marion Altman; Naomi Silverman; Ann...

If you walk or drive through the Park at Forest Green neighborhood in southern Overland Park, you’re likely to see something pretty unique. Its streets are lined with mature, healthy trees, which isn’t all that special in a city that...

A reckless driver may have caused a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 435 in Johnson County on Thursday afternoon. Leawood police, firefighters and Johnson County Med-Act paramedics were called to the eastbound lanes of I-435 between Lee Boulevard and State Line...

It keeps happening. A youngster is riding a bike or a scooter or maybe just walking on the sidewalk to school and something goes wrong. The child wobbles near traffic just a couple of feet away, or maybe gets...

The county transit fund is running dangerously low and commissioners are exploring a $600,000 infusion to keep operations going through the end of the year. Possible future elimination of the K-10 Connector route to Lawrence and the ride-hailing microtransit...

Earlier this summer, a small Merriam church that was once home to the Madam C.J. Walker School made history by landing on the National Register of Historic Places. For Tony Adams, who grew up in the South Park area of...

The driver in a July crash in Prairie Village that left a construction worker dead will face a municipal citation but no criminal charges. The Johnson County District Attorney's Office this week declined to bring charges for the July 6...

The way Debby Simon remembers it, the first word she ever learned to say was probably “dog.” It’s fitting for the Overland Park dog lover, who always wanted a collie growing up. So, when she reluctantly moved to the Kansas City...

Correction: The headline for this story has been updated. These positions were eliminated before the county's 2027 budget was approved.  Citing “shifting business needs,” Johnson County government has eliminated eight staffed positions from four departments, and given a separation package...