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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback ’s administration this morning rolled out a sweeping proposal to make over school funding for the first time in nearly 20 years.The plan would give Johnson County schools their long-sought ability to raise more money locally.

Jack in the Box will begin serving jumbo breakfast platters and a whole host of other options to Johnson County residents in about 30 minutes.

A fistfight was supposed to finally settle a simmering feud between two groups of northern Johnson County skateboarders.But someone brought a gun , witnesses testified at Stephen Reed’s murder trial this week, and a high school student was shot dead.On Friday, a Wyandotte County jury convicted Reed, now 17, of intentional second-degree ...

A jury in Kansas City, Kan., is deliberating the fate of a Johnson County teen accused in a fatal shooting in April.

Visits to a Johnson County food pantry this year have doubled. Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas say last year it helped about 10,000 people.

Kansas City’s gain was Johnson County ’s loss in a string of business announcements today that reinforced the increasingly fierce economic development border war within the metropolitan area.Several companies will be relocating to Kansas City, the largest of which is the mortgage lending operation of North American Savings Bank; members ...

Johnson County supervisors said they fired a man of Hispanic background two years ago after he called a worker a “wetback,” but federal jurors found otherwise in awarding the Roeland Park man $774,000.The jury determined the allegation was a pretext for firing whistleblower Paul Palmerin, who had reported others for using similar ...

Do you like this Article? The Sunflower Kennel Club of Olathe hosts two all-breed dog shows and obedience trials Saturday and Sunday at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Gardner .

We’re oddballs, my wife and I, for preferring old houses in new-house Johnson County .Our 100-year-old home with the wraparound front porch stands out in our neighborhood, but it didn’t used to.

The Johnson County board of commissioners today approved an agreement with Mission to acquire property for a new express bus transit center there.The Mission City Council also recently approved the agreement for two lots at 5251 Johnson Drive.

A Johnson County judge today sentenced a man to almost eight years for a 1995 rape.David Hudson, 49, of Kansas City pleaded guilty previously after cold case DNA work linked him to the crime.As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to a sentence of 95 months, which the judge imposed today.The victim did not know the man who raped her in the ...

The symposium is the culmination of a yearlong project to assess arts education in area schools, which began with a two-part survey last fall Overland Park, KS - infoZine - The Johnson County Community College Performing Arts Series Arts Education program is hosting a Developing a Vision for Arts Education symposium from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday, ...

A man charged with a murder in Shawnee appeared in court for the first time today. Johnson County prosecutors on Sunday charged Jesus Esqueda-Perez, 25, of Shawnee, with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Oswaldo Conde-Gamboa.The victim was found in the early morning of Feb.

Overland Park may be one of the best places to live.But it’s got nothing on Mission Hills when it comes to lifestyles of the rich and famous.The northeast Johnson County suburb — population 3,500 — was ranked as the country’s third most affluent neighborhood by Forbes Magazine this week.With a median household income ...

Most Kansas City area school districts have cancelled classes for the third day because of winter weather, however there are some districts that are having classes today.Johnson County school districts — Blue Valley, De Soto , Gardner- Edgerton , Olathe and Shawnee Mission — along with Kansas City, Kan., and ...

A Prairie Village psychotherapist stands accused of also being a marijuana dealer, according to charges filed today by the Johnson County district attorney.Thomas Whiteford Scott, 55, is a licensed professional counselor whose practice is at 9237 Ward Parkway in Kansas City.

The job: Juvenile corrections officer. The employer: The Johnson County Department of Corrections Juvenile Detention Center is one of 14 in Kansas.

Website Provides a Price Guide for Metro Pot Smokers — Mon Nov 01 09:35:00 UTC 2010 It seems like you can find just about anything online these days, including, if one website is to be believed, the going rates for the price of weed. According to PriceofWeed.com, an ounce of medium-quality cannabis in Kansas City is going for around $... ...

A Prairie Village resident told parole officials Monday that she did not want to live two doors from a woman who was involved in one of Johnson County ’s most notorious murders.Should Sueanne Hobson be released after 28 years in prison, she plans to move into the house with her husband, the father of the 13-year-old Overland Park boy whose ...

Debut for producer of Theatre in Park — Wed Oct 20 06:32:01 UTC 2010 Johnson County Park & Recreation District has announced that Tim Bair is the new executive producer of The Theatre in the Park. Bair officially joins theater staff on Nov. 15, taking over the post of former executive director Melissa Wyckoff, who resig... about: ...