2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (739+ words) A citizen-led petition asking for a proposed data center in Edgerton to be voted on by the public will move forward after a Johnson County judge sided with two residents the city sued. On Sept. 3 in Johnson County District Court,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1283+ words) Students across the Kansas City area were welcomed back to class this week by sweltering temperatures and heat index values in the triple digits. Local schools are no stranger to back-to-school heat waves. In recent years, school districts have canceled…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (647+ words) By the Johnson County Museum For generations, people have come to Johnson County for very different reasons. Some were forced here by federal removal policies. Others crossed oceans, state lines, or the Kansas City metro in search of work, land,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (592+ words) Officer Freddie Castro’s mom, Michaela Robles, wants her son to be remembered for his smile and all he accomplished in life. Just 23 when he died, Castro had already reached all of his goals, which is something Robles said made her…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (220+ words) The Kansas Highway Patrol says a Kansas City, Kansas, man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 35 in Olathe Monday morning. Troopers say the crash happened at about 9:40 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-35 north of 159th Street. According to the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (197+ words) Overland Park Police say a Lee’s Summit, Missouri, woman was killed in a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 435 Friday evening. In a news release on Monday morning, Officer John Lacy said the crash happened on westbound I-435 near the US-69 interchange…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (588+ words) Project Velocity, a proposed arts and entertainment district in Gardner, took multiple steps forward in the planning process this month. On Aug. 18, the Gardner City Council adopted a resolution “approving the execution and delivery to a Non-Binding Memorandum of Understanding…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (737+ words) Federal officials announced Tuesday they are pursuing “enforcement measures” against the Shawnee Mission and Olathe school districts for the districts’ policies regarding transgender students. It’s the latest step in the federal probe, which launched a year ago, against the two…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (675+ words) Ten-year-old Duke Ommert died after an electric scooter crash in Leawood last year when a car struck him as he crossed the street mid-block. Duke’s death, other e-scooter and electric bike injuries (a nearly 300% increase in emergency room visits from…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (856+ words) Six months out from the project’s completion date, officials from the Kansas Department of Transportation say the 69Express project is operating as intended and running “smoothly.” The project, which wrapped up earlier this year, took about three years to complete and…...