Archives for 2012
Tweet The $10.5 million Hall Family Foundation grant announced earlier this week to support The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s quest for National Cancer Institute designation will be a boon for the just-opened University of Kansas Clinical Research Center in Fairway. The vast majority of the grant — $7 million — will provide funding for [...]
Tweet An intoxicated man lost control of his car Tuesday evening, swerving over a curb heading southbound on Mission Road and running into a brick wall just north of the Corinth Library. Police responded to the scene of the single car accident around 5:30 p.m. and found the man had sustained a small cut on [...]
TweetAn agenda item that read as a simple call for clarification about the Prairie Village City Council’s support for a series of walking and biking trails devolved into a nightmarish bureaucratic squabble that seemed leave city staff, council members and residents frustrated Monday. City Administrator Quinn Bennion and Assistant City Administrator Dennis Enslinger addressed the [...]
TweetConstruction crews: Ready your implements. LANE4 vice president Jeff Berg told the Prairie Village City Council on Monday that the first round of major renovations funded by the Corinth Square Community Improvement District sales tax should begin the first week of April. The first phase of renovations will include a significant facelift of the main [...]
TweetA Prairie Village man is making a name for himself as a Canadian. Johnson County Community College student Aaron Haffey recently received an honorable mention for his portrayal of Canada’s position on the Commission on Science and Technology committee at the 2012 Midwest Model United Nations Conference in St. Louis. Haffey discussed intellectually property rights [...]
TweetThe proposed route change for a Prairie Village trail won’t be the only item of interest on tonight’s Prairie Village City Council agenda. LANE4 Property Group, which owns the Village Shops and Corinth Square, is scheduled to give a presentation updating the council on planned developments to be funded by Community Improvement District tax revenues. [...]
TweetThe Prairie Village City Council tonight will discuss whether to support in principle a change to the city’s Parks Master Plan that would shift a proposed bike and walking trail from Roe Avenue west to Nall Avenue. At a Planning Commission meeting earlier this month, city consultant Ron Williamson presented a report noting that the [...]
TweetLancer dad Brian Libeer has outdone himself this time with a storybook opening to his latest video, a recap of the Lancers Senior Night game against SM North last Friday:
TweetSM East swimmers and diver aren’t the only ones celebrating big Lancer wins over the weekend. The wrestling team is heading to state after dominating displays at both the Sunflower League and state regional tournaments the past two weekends. The Lancers took the Sunflower title at the league tournament the weekend of Feb. 10, with [...]
Tweet For the sixth time in eight years, the SM East boys swim and dive team has taken the Kansas 6A state title. A the state meet Saturday at the Hummer Sports Complex in Topeka, the team amassed 337 points and took home the championship despite not having an individual swimmer take first in a [...]
TweetFire officials suspect that the blaze that sent six fire engines to a home in the 9600 block of El Monte Saturday night started in the chimney flue, though an official cause is not likely to be released until today. Consolidated Fire District No. 2 Battalion Chief Jeff Scott confirmed that the homeowners were inside [...]
Tweet Dozens of firefighters and police officers were on the scene Saturday night of a several alarm fire in the 9600 block of El Monte in Overland Park, just one block south of 95th Street. The Consolidated Fire District No. 2 battalion chief on the scene said no had been injured in the blaze. He [...]
TweetHomestead Country Club’s high-performing platform tennis duo has notched another major tournament win — this time taking their show on the road. Homestead pro Kevin Kowalik and member Andy Metzler went 15-0 at the St. Louis Platform Tennis Invitational the weekend of Feb. 10, ultimately taking home the title. The duo won the Kansas City Men’s [...]
TweetIf you’ve got a penchant for watching things get dismantled, knocked down, or otherwise rendered a pile of wreckage, Prairie Village has been paradise over the past few weeks. The demolition days began a couple weeks ago with the deconstruction of the McCrum Park water tower. Now, two more demolitions are under way. Crews and [...]
TweetEvery so often my husband will make something amazing for dinner. Crispy, salty, juicy and flavorful, we pick at the leftovers and use them in different dishes all week. This meal is cheap, healthy, and really easy. So what is it? A simple roast chicken. He makes it a few times a year and every [...]
TweetToday, the candidates for the Ward 4 seat on the Prairie Village City Council answer our final question: 5.) What’s your overall vision for the city? What’s one new initiative you would propose if elected? Tim Pickell: Our City remains one of the “jewels” of Kansas cities — an amazing place to live and to [...]
Tweet Playing tennis is fun enough. Getting big recognition for it even better. State Sen. Terrie Huntington of Fairway introduced a resolution Monday commending the SM East girls tennis team for its across the board victories in the singles, doubles and team competitions at the state tournament this fall. Pictured above are (left to right) [...]
Tweet As you may recall, with clenched jaw and trembling fingers we typed away a post last week counterpunching Charles Ferruzza’s Fat City jab the Waid’s. Well, with the dust settled and the benefit of a few days of reflection, we’re ready to make up. Mostly because Ferruzza’s Fat City colleague Jonathan Bender published a [...]
TweetWhere, oh where, has my little at gone? Where, oh where, can at be? (And, just in case there are any WTA newbies out there, here’s an explanation of what’s happening).
TweetToday, the candidates for the Ward 4 City Council seat in Prairie Village share their thoughts on the most pressing issue facing their ward and the city as a whole: Dale Beckerman (incumbent): The City’s biggest challenge is to remain a livable residential community while maintaining our current high level of fiscal responsibility. That requires [...]
Tweet Seven of Prairie Village’s 14 parks are named after former mayors — so a proposal to rechristen Meadowlake Park in honor of former mayor Monroe “Roe” Taliaferro may not seem controversial on its face. But its timing in the lead up to a contested election has at least one resident crying foul. Parks and [...]
Tweet Today, the candidates for the Ward 4 City Council seat share their views on funding for Prairie Village parks: 3.) Do you support the idea of finding a dedicated revenue source to fund the city’s Parks Master Plan? If so, what should that funding source be? Brooke Moorehead How did Prairie Village get itself [...]
TweetJust another reminder that step number one in preventing thefts is using your locks… The Prairie Village police last week arrested two men suspected of carrying out an auto burglary spree, taking electronics, clothing, paperwork and jewelry from nine cars between 72nd Terrace and 74th Terrace and Mission Road and Village Drive. All of the [...]
TweetIn the end, the Mission Hills City Council decided it just couldn’t justify the cost. The council on Monday ended discussions about whether the city might be the first in the Kansas City metro region to have curbside glass recycling provided by Ripple Glass. At the heart of their decision, said Mission Hills city administrator [...]
TweetToday, the candidates for the Ward 4 City Council seat in Prairie Village respond to the second of our five reader-generated questionnaire items: 2.) Facing pressure from neighborhood groups in early February, the City Council voted to stop a planned public input process to develop a comprehensive plan for the Mission Valley Middle School site [...]
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