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Archives for September, 2010
Tweet Not literally. I mean, every month will continue to have a third Thursday, as far as I know. It’s just that this year’s run of Third Thursdays on Tomahawk Road comes to a close tomorrow. The theme of the year’s final festivities is “Girls Night Out: Forever Prom” I’m assuming guys can still come. [...]
Tweet Fairway mayor Jerry Wiley spoke with the Kansas City Star in an article published earlier this week about the city’s recent budgeting process, in which the council voted to raise the city’s mill levy by just under 45 percent. The hike will add about $200 to the average Fairway homeowner’s tax bill next year. [...]
Tweet The sisters of the 44-year-old woman who was stabbed and left for dead at her home in the 6800 block of Fontana Street last week have set up a Web site where people can make donations to support the victim’s recovery. According to the site, HelpHugs.com, the victim was admitted to the ICU with [...]
Tweet The hair was unkempt. The jeans tight. The music…indescribable. 1980 marked the closing of a decade’s worth of wild times in the U.S. And here in Prairie Village, some children of the era are getting ready to reminisce. One month from tomorrow, the Shawnee Mission East class of 1980 will be holding its 30 [...]
Tweet It was just about a month ago that we were touting the great success of SM East’s college-bound seniors, who notched the highest average ACT score among the five Shawnee Mission School District high schools. The numbers from the most recent batch of SAT results, however, are somewhat less inspiring. East’s average composite score [...]
Tweet At a press conference on Tuesday, the Prairie Village Police revealed that Brian K. Pennington, the man being held as a suspect in last Thursday’s attack on Fontana Street, had done handyman work in the previous weeks for the victim. Pennington was arrested on Monday by the Highway Patrol just outside of Warsaw, Mo. [...]
Tweet There’s still time to get tickets for the annual Renovation Sensation homes tour, with proceeds going to benefit SM East’s SHARE programs. The tour homes will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow. Find out more here.
Tweet Dow Tate, the Shawnee Mission East journalism teacher who earlier this year received a Gold Key from the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association, has been named a Region 3 finalist for the 2011 Kansas Teacher of the Year award. The other finalist from Region 3 is Karen Tritt, who won the Kansas Teacher of [...]
Tweet The Mustangs of Mission Valley Middle School may be heading north to pasture. Unless the Shawnee Mission Board of Education diverges from a plan announced at its meeting last night, Mission Valley will close its doors for good at the end of this school year, with the majority of its current student moving up [...]
Tweet The Johnson County District Attorney’s office this afternoon announced that they had arrested Brian K. Pennington on a charge of attempted first degree murder for the attack of a 44-year-old woman on Fontana Street last Thursday. Here’s the press release: As a result of an investigation by the Prairie Village Police Department, the Johnson [...]
Tweet It’s safe to say that the first ever Prairie Village Jazz Festival was an unqualified success. Since admission was free, organizers don’t have a precise count of how many people attended, but estimates suggest that at least 4,000 to 6,000 people came out to the Municipal Grounds to hear the highly touted lineup. So [...]
Tweet Shawnee Mission School District superintendent Gene Johnson will announce the district’s plans for redistricting and closing schools at the school board meeting tonight, to be held at 7 p.m. at Shawnee Mission West. Members of the Indian Hills PTA sent out an email to area parents last week urging them to attend the meeting, [...]
Tweet We’re pleased to announce that we’ve launched two new features here at the Prairie Village Post: a free community classifieds section, and a forum where you can discuss the issues that are important to you. You can access the classifieds and forum through the links on the main nav. Posting to the classifieds section [...]
Tweet Oh, man. What a summer. It seems like just moments ago that we were typing away a post encouraging people to invite us out to their block parties. And here we are three months later with a notepad full of block party memories. Best beverage selection – 73rd Terrace. They had something called chocolate [...]
Tweet Lightning and rain forced the postponement of Shawnee Mission East’s second football game of the season last night against Lawrence High School. The game will continue today at 2 p.m. at Shawnee Mission North Stadium. The Lancers looked to be in good form again before the postponement, putting together a long touchdown drive late [...]
Tweet Local television news stations filed several reports regarding yesterday’s attack on Fontana Street. Details from the various reports suggest the woman was found stabbed at the bottom of her basement stairs, and required emergency surgery. As of last night, the woman’s condition had stabilized, but she was still not able to communicate with police. [...]
Tweet I sure hope your feelin’ jazzy, Prairie Village: Friday, September 10: Watch the football Lancers try to extend the early season momentum they built up with last week’s season-opening 24-0 win over Shawnee Mission Northwest as they take on Lawrence High School. The game starts at 7 p.m. at North Stadium. Saturday, September 11: [...]
Tweet Police officers and members of the Johnson County Sheriff’s department have put crime scene tape around the yard of a house in the 6800 block of Fontana Street where a 44-year-old woman was found severely injured earlier today. The Prairie Village Police Department put out the following press release regarding the incident: On September [...]
Tweet After hearing from Assistant City Administrator Dennis Enslinger on Tuesday that the sale of 7925 Reinhardt Lane had not been completed as promised, the Prairie Village City Council voted unanimously to begin taking legal action against the home’s owner, Millicent Seested. Completing the sale of the property, which had fallen into extreme disrepair and [...]
Tweet Prairie Village resident Mike Babick’s annual Christmas lights display draws literally thousands of visitors down Falmouth Street every holiday season. And while it makes for plenty of warm memories, the crowds who flock to see the display cause plenty of disruption to Babick’s neighbors, who haven’t been afraid to call this city complaining of [...]
Tweet As this sweltering season draws to a close, a group of local environmentalists are encouraging Prairie Villagers to turn their attention to a resource that’s the natural antidote to a long, hot summer day in Kansas: water. This year’s annual community environmental forum, to be held at Village Presbyterian Church on Thursday, October 7, [...]
Tweet The Village Shops and Corinth Square could very well be in line for a major facelift. After months of negotiation, Prairie Village city staff and representatives of LANE4 Property Group last night presented the City Council with the details of two proposed Community Improvement District (CID) deals that could lead to major infrastructure improvements [...]
Tweet Congrats, environmentally conscious Prairie Villagers. The Ripple Glass recycling receptacle at Corinth Square has taken in a total of 204 tons of glass since being installed in November 2009, making it the second most productive site in the metro area. A bin at 119th and Hardy Streets in Overland Park took top honors with [...]
Tweet School has started. The leaves are beginning to change. The pool is closed for the season. Another summer is nearly behind us, and with it ends the inaugural Great Prairie Villagian Block Party Contest. Luckily, we went out with a major bang and not a whimper thanks to the good people of 72nd Street. [...]
Tweet The Prairie Village Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the reported assault of a woman early Thursday morning at her home in the 7600 block of Russell Road, near Lamar Ave. At present the incident has no witnesses other than the victim, who called it in. The police released the following description [...]
