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Archives for October, 2010
Tweet It was a perfect fall morning for a run — particularly if you were wearing a bulky Halloween costume to keep you warm. The Trick or Treat Trot 5K that started and finished at Corinth Square on Saturday brought out a mix of serious runners and people who were serious about their Halloween attire. [...]
Tweet It’s safe to say that SM East head football coach Chip Sherman isn’t satisfied. Pleased, maybe. A little bit proud, probably. But satisfied? No way. Not yet. As the students made their way onto the field and joined the football team in a melee of a celebration after Friday’s 28-12 win over SM South, [...]
Tweet With a 28-12 win over SM South on Friday, the 2010 Lancers football squad secured a place in the record books. Not only did they win a share of the Sunflower League title for the first time since 1966, they notched their eighth win of the season, making them the winningest team in the [...]
Tweet Those leaves in can wait to be raked for a few days — there’s too much good stuff going on this weekend to waste any time on yardwork. Friday, Oct. 29 Benefit concert for Walker family: Check out some live music from Rock Band Academy in the Mission Valley multipurpose room, and help raise [...]
Tweet A concert to benefit the Walker family, whose Leawood home was destroyed by fire last weekend, will be held this afternoon in the mulitpurpose room at Mission Valley. The Walkers were out of town visiting their son and brother Jack, a Shawnee Mission East graduate, when their Wenonga Lane home caught on fire early [...]
Tweet Our look at the candidates running for local state legislative office continues today with the Republican and Democrat faring for the District 25 House of Representatives seat. Incumbent Barbara Bollier took over for Terrie Huntington when she left the House to fill retiring Senator David Wysong’s seat. Challenger Shana Althouse is a social worker [...]
Tweet Members of the Northeast Johnson County Chamber of Commerce met Thursday to discuss their 2011 legislative agenda and begin forming a new legislative committee. The chamber members discussed a legislative platform that included enhanced state and local economic development efforts, preservation of public education excellence, energy and the environment, taxes, health care, and transportation.
Tweet A backhoe made short work yesterday of the building that housed Roney’s Service Station for nearly six decades. Piles of brick, concrete, twisted rebar and splintered wood are all that remain of the service desk and garage. And though the crew spent weeks cleaning the facility out, a couple of reminders of Roney’s history [...]
Tweet The family of Brian Euston, the 24-year-old Rockhurst graduate who died after being found with a serious head injury in Westport two weeks ago, have made statements to local press this week suggesting they are still waiting for answers from Kansas City police about whether the death was accidental or the result of a [...]
Tweet Nothing’s guaranteed, of course, but the stage is certainly set for SM East to secure its first Sunflower League football title since 1966 on Friday night. But due to an odd set of rules governing the Sunflower League championship, the Lancers ought to be prepared to share the spotlight with as many as three [...]
Tweet As we did in the run up to the primary elections this summer, we’ll be featuring profiles on the candidates running for state legislative office in local districts. We’re starting out today with the District 20 House race featuring Republican Rob Bruchman, a former aid to Congressional candidate Kevin Yoder, and Democrat Rob McKnight, [...]
Tweet Fore! I mean, Ford! A car chase that began in Independence after police observed a car hit another vehicle and then keep driving ended in a chilly water hazard at Meadowbrook Country Club yesterday. After a high speed chase that led through Independence, Kansas City, and eventually Prairie Village, the subject of the pursuit [...]
Tweet Crimesider, a CBS News blog written by the producers of 48 Hours Mystery, posted a story this morning on the possible parole of Sueanne Hobson. Hobson is up for parole for the ninth time since 1989. To see video of Ruth Brettle, the Prairie Village woman who would be Hobson’s neighbor if she were [...]
Tweet The “Until the Whole World Sees” fundraiser held at Brookside Optical last weekend raised $4,000 for the Lions Club, which will use the money to help fund sight-related initiatives like eye tissue transplants. Approximately 125 people showed up for the event, which featured a live remote from KUDL DJ Tanna Guthrie, who also served [...]
Tweet Whether it’s the work of Halloween tricksters or a more calculated political maneuver, no one knows. But a handful of local candidates are reporting that their campaign signs have been taken out of supporters’ yards over the past week. Rob McKnight, a longtime Republican political consultant who switched parties to run against Rob Bruchman [...]
Tweet Halloween has become something of a warm-up for local holiday decoration enthusiasts as they prepare for that Superbowl of lawn ornamentation called Christmas. So we thought we’d do a quick rundown of the best, and most frighteningly executed, of Halloween decorating. Personally, we’re partial to the concepts that pay true homage to the spirit [...]
Tweet Edward Hobson told the Kansas Parole Board earlier this week that he wants his wife Sueanne to come home after 28 years in prison. But the prospect of having the woman who orchestrated the killing of her own 13-year-old stepson in 1980 as a neighbor isn’t sitting well with Prairie Village resident Ruth Brettle, 84. [...]
Tweet A house fire early Sunday morning left an eerie site in Leawood that has nothing to do with Halloween. The home at 10308 Wenonga Ln., which backs up to Brookwood Elementary, was ravaged by a blaze that the fire department responded to at 4:15 a.m. Sunday. The fire department had the situation under control [...]
Tweet Looking for a way to 1.) preemptively burn off Halloween candy calories, and/or 2.) engage in physical activity while wearing your Halloween costume? You’re in luck! Corinth Square and Gary Gribble’s Sports are sponsoring the annual Trick or Treat Trot 5K run/walk this Saturday, Oct. 30. The start and finish lines will be at [...]
Tweet Six weeks after she was attacked in her Fontana Street home, Marti Hill was joined by friends and family members Saturday at Traditional Martial Arts and Fitness in Overland Park for an event celebrating her resilience and helping raise money for her medical bills. The event drew dozens of supporters, as well as the [...]
Tweet The family of Marti Hill, the 44-year-old Prairie Village resident who was attacked and left for dead at her Fontana Street home Sept. 9, is holding a fundraising event today to help pay for the medical bills Hill amassed after the attack. Hill had been taking kickboxing classes for self-defense at TMA Fitness in [...]
Tweet A high-flying, roll-the-dice, dig-it-out-in-the-trenches effort was all it took for the Lancers to beat the SM West Vikings for the first time in 18 years. Anchored by a huge night from the defense and led by quarterback John Schrock’s pinpoint passing, the Lancers defeated the Vikings 21-10 on a rainy Friday at SM South [...]
Tweet Looks like a weekend of fun, fun-sized candy bars, and fundraising. Friday, Oct. 22: SM East vs. SM West. 7 p.m., SM South Stadium. After having been named Hy-Vee’s High School Game of the Week, you can bet that the Lancer and Viking faithful will be out in full force. But bring a Columbia [...]
Tweet Apparently not everyone is behind the group of local parents working to get the school board to keep Mission Valley open. Many Save Mission Valley supporters had their yard signs stolen last weekend — and the perpetrators did a little editing before replanting a number of them around SM South early in the week. [...]
Tweet Just a reminder that the SM Pep Club has deemed tomorrow’s game a “Blue Out.” So the more Columbia blue you can pull out of your closet and put on your person, the better.
