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Archives for March, 2011
Tweet Prairie Village police on Monday sent charges to the Johnson County District Attorney against Grady McKenzie, the man they accuse of multiple thefts at the Mission Road Antique Mall. Police were led to McKenzie after a PVPost.com reader and Antique Mall vendor recognized him in security camera footage posted on the site Feb. 15. [...]
Tweet Freshman U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder swung through Prairie Village Monday night as part of a “City Council Tour” of the northeast Johnson County district he now serves. “Prairie Village gets a lot of accolades,” he told the city council. “We really are proud of everything you are doing here.” Yoder made some brief remarks [...]
Tweet Prairie Village resident Jori Nelson said during her address to the city council last night that her inquiry into city council travel expenses “isn’t political, and isn’t personal.” Councilwoman Diana Ewy Sharp begs to differ. In an lengthy letter posted on her city council Facebook page, Ewy Sharp identified herself as one of the [...]
Tweet The open forum at Monday night’s Prairie Village city council meeting turned into an airing of grievances as a 20-year resident of the city chastised the council for what she categorized as excessive spending on travel and dining. Jori Nelson, a Shawnee Mission School District teacher and mother of two children, took the podium [...]
Tweet Footballs, frisbees and furry friends got the chance to see some fresh air Sunday at Franklin Park, as temperatures topped 70 degrees. More pics of Prairie Villagers (and their pups) having some springtime fun after the jump.
Tweet Prairie Village residents are remembering former Mayor Austin Harmon, who passed away March 12. Harmon served two terms as the head of city hall starting in 1979. Prior to his election as mayor, he’d been a city councilman for 10 years. The park south of the city pool by the waterpower is named in [...]
Tweet The good news: pretty soon, an aging section of Somerset Drive will be completely reworked, with new asphalt on the road and an eight-foot wide sidewalk to increase pedestrian friendliness. The bad news: construction on the project starts today, and drivers can expect daily closures along the stretch between Franklin Park and Corinth Square. [...]
Tweet Johnny’s at Corinth Square was even crimsonier and bluer than normal last night, as dozens of Jayhawks fans gathered to watch their team’s first game of the NCAA tournament against Boston University. Though the first half was considerably tighter than Kansas fans would have preferred, a re-composed Jayhawks squad pulled away in the second [...]
Tweet Okay. So the forecast calls for a li’l bit of rain today. And maybe some tomorrow. That’s the bad news. The good news is it’s not going to rain all weekend. And it’s supposed to get up to 77 degrees tomorrow. A 77 degree early spring day?!? Wowsers. What to do? Fret not! We’ve [...]
Tweet Shawnee Mission School Board at-large candidate John St. Clair is apparently sharpening his elbows as Election Day nears. St. Clair, who secured the third and final spot on the general election ballot with 24 percent of the primary vote, sent an email to supporters yesterday encouraging them to “look closely at the qualifications and [...]
Tweet Liza Clough says bike safety was important to her family before her brother Jake got in a bike accident with a car in 2005. Today, bike safety and proper use of bike helmets are more important than ever to the Cloughs. “A bike helmet saved Jake’s life,” Clough said. “We think it’s really important [...]
Tweet If you haven’t gotten a knock on the door yet, there’s a pretty good chance it’s coming. As Election Day in the Prairie Village mayor race approaches, incumbent Ron Shaffer and challenger Michael Kelly are organizing supporters to hit the streets in an effort to drum up support — and voter turnout. Kelly, who [...]
Tweet The Kansas City Star reported last night that Sueanne Hobson, the woman convicted of aiding and abetting the 1980 murder of her 13-year-old stepson, was released from prison in February and is now living in Prairie Village. Hobson was released by the Kansas Department of Corrections Feb. 25. She has moved in with her [...]
Tweet First term Congressman Kevin Yoder is scheduled to make an appearance at next week’s Prairie Village City Council meeting. Yoder, who defeated former Congressman Dennis Moore’s wife Stephene in the November elections, was formerly chair of the Kansas House of Representatives appropriations committee. Mayor Ron Shaffer met with Yoder and other members of the [...]
Tweet The managers of Ward Parkway Center, which experienced its heyday during the booming mall culture of the 1990s, are seeking Community Improvement District funding to help revitalize the facility. RED Development LLC has filed a CID proposal with Kansas City, Mo., calling for a 1 percent sales tax to raise revenue for demolition and [...]
Tweet The Shawnee Mission chapter of the National Teachers Association has endorsed Bart Altenbernd in his campaign for the Shawnee Mission School Board. Altenbernd had previously been endorsed by the Kansas Families for Education PAC and the Mainstream Coalition PAC. Altenbernd’s campaign posted the following statement on his Web site in response to the endorsement: [...]
Tweet Last week, we asked readers to submit questions they’d most like to hear the three candidates for the at-large position on the Shawnee Mission School Board answer. Based on the issues you brought up most frequently, we put a three item questionnaire together for the candidates (see below). We’ll start running their responses next [...]
Tweet Treerific news, everyone: The Arbor Foundation has for the twelfth year in a row named Prairie Village a Tree City USA community in recognition of its “commitment to urban forestry.” The more than 3,400 communities across the country that currently hold the distinction must meet four Arbor Foundation criteria. They must 1.) have a [...]
Tweet U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum late last week dismissed a law suit filed by a group of local parents challenging the state’s school funding formula. In granting a motion for dismissal filed by Kansas officials including Gov. Sam Brownback, Lungstrum argued that a constitutional challenge to the state’s Local Option Budget rules would effectively [...]
Tweet Phoebe Unterman, a 2010 SM East graduate and current journalism student at the University of Southern California, will take the floor at the Plaza branch of the Kansas City Public Library tonight to discuss her recently published children’s book. Unterman wrote and illustrated the book, Through Eva’s Eyes, based on her grandmother’s story of [...]
Tweet The Kansas City Star editorial board on Monday endorsed at-large candidate Joan Leavens for the Shawnee Mission School Board. The editorial board called her the “top choice in an exceptionally talented field that also includes Bart Altenbernd of Prairie Village, a former teacher and school administer and now school paraprofessional, and John St. Clair [...]
Tweet The owners of BRGR have set a target open date of July for Urban Table, their new restaurant just a few doors east of the popular Corinth gourmet burger spot. Renovations on the Urban Table space, most recently occupied by EJ’s Boutique, are currently underway. Co-owner Alan Gaylin said the decision to expand the [...]
Tweet The Prairie Village Police Department has released its preliminary recommendations for traffic management around Indian Hills Middle School after its student body merges with Mission Valley’s next year: The main circle drive off Mission Road will be reserved for busses only. Jordan said the school would be instituting a staggered parking system for the [...]
Tweet The storefront vacated by Haught Style at the Village Shops in February won’t be empty for long. Chicago native and former boutique manager Tracy Gretter will be opening her first store, Clique Boutique, in the space the first week of April. Gretter worked for nearly a decade for a company that ran two small [...]
Tweet Prairie Village City Councilman Michael Kelly has built his mayoral campaign around claims that he’ll bring fresh leadership and new vision to city hall. But his recent council attendance record has some wondering whether he’s dedicated enough to city service to follow through. City records show that over the past year, Kelly has been [...]
