Shawnee Mission Area

Calling it a district with a "great tradition," Dr. Jim Hinson on Monday officially accepted his appointment as the next superintendent of Shawnee Mission Schools. "You always do what is best for kids," Hinson told the board Monday night immediately...

Three years of planning work and $36,000 of city taxpayer money spent in consulting fees ended with a thud Monday as the Prairie Village City Council voted unanimously not to actively pursue a proposal for a new community center...

Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe on Thursday announced that his office will seek to have Prairie Village City Council David Morrison ousted from office. The move comes after Morrison's council peers voted unanimously in November to seek his...

A new church opens its doors on Rainbow Blvd. in Mission Woods tomorrow morning with a special blessing. The Kansas City Latin Mass Community of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne will open at 9 a.m. with a blessing from Archbishop...

David Morrison's tumultuous tenure on the Prairie Village City Council appears to be coming to an end. With an 11-0 vote Monday, Morrison's council peers voted to oust him from the governing body for violating the city's ethics code. In...

When David Morrison enters the Prairie Village City Council chambers Monday to hear his colleagues debate what disciplinary action to take against him for allowing a homeless man with a drug history to wander unattended through city hall, it...

Prairie Village City Attorney Catherine Logan on Monday brought a formal ethics complaint against Ward 5 Councilor David Morrison, alleging Morrison gave a homeless man with a history of drug use and a criminal record access to City Hall...

"I haven't had a bad year, ever," Dr. Gene Johnson said of his 44 years in education shortly after his retirement was announced Thursday. Johnson, who will turn 66 in January, said the timing of his announcement had more to...

A standard procedural move following the swearing in of three new Prairie Village City Councilmembers on Monday turned into an airing of grievances about the conduct of Ward 5's David Morrison, who was set to assume the role of...

The mother of a woman killed two years ago after a standoff with Prairie Village police has filed a civil lawsuit seeking $4 million in damages against the city and nine officers involved in the incident. Lawyers for Beverly Stewart,...

Prairie Village city councilman David Morrison told shawneemissionpost.com the day he and the city faced off in court in September that should the appellate court rule against him, he'd reimburse the city for all the legal fees it incurred...

Most city council meetings, Prairie Village City Attorney Catherine Logan and City Councilman David Morrison sit on the same dais at city hall. At 2:30 this afternoon, they'll be sitting on opposite sides of a state courtroom in Kansas...