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Archives for January, 2013
Tweet 41 Action News reports that a 3-year-old Mission boy was shot at his father’s apartment Thursday afternoon and is in critical condition. The bullet went through the boy’s left arm and hit his abdomen. Police Capt. David Moloy told KSHB that they were still investigating the incident, but that investigators had heard that the [...]
Tweet This weekend, people across the country will hear the story of a courageous Prairie Village woman’s fight for survival in the face of a brutal assault, and the expert investigative work by local law enforcement that brought her attacker to justice. After months of production, CBS News’ 48 Hours will air “The Stranger You [...]
Tweet The first of two big construction projects on downtown Mission streets is set to start in the next few days. Martway is the first to get started on the rehab project, but Johnson Drive also is scheduled for major work in 2014. The Martway project will involve street closures periodically from February through fall. [...]
Tweet The smashing popularity of last week’s “Where’s that at?” wall photo prompted an irresistible wave of demands for the start of “Walls” series similar to the infamous “Pineapple Sequence” that dominated “Where’s that at?” for months in 2012. So, friends, get ready for week after week of wall photos:
Tweet Greg and Adrienne Doring’s Prairie Village home is stuffed with nearly 1,000 pill bottles. And it’s not some kind of “Hoarders”-esque nightmare. In fact, it’s a dream come true for the Dorings. Because as of Wednesday, they were able to start fulfilling orders of a new sleep aid product that the young couple conceived [...]
Tweet Prairie Village administrators credit a grant program launched in 2008 with helping spur nearly $250,000 in exterior home improvements in certain pockets of the city in 2012. The city’s exterior grant program provides grants of 20 percent of the cost of exterior home improvement projects totaling at least $5,000. Eligible homeowners can receive between [...]
Tweet It’s dancin’ season. And those Lancer Dancers are already dancin’ up a storm of awards. At the annual Miss Kansas Dance Competition at Olathe South High School three weeks ago both the Lancer Dancer varsity and JV squads earned a Sweepstakes Award, a Polish and Precision Award and a Shining Star Award. More than [...]
Tweet Westwood made a significant addition to its city staff Tuesday, hiring a new building official on a full-time basis who will handle both codes enforcement and building inspections. The council met in special session to approve the hiring of Jim Sherman (no relation to city clerk Fred Sherman), who has 13 years of experience [...]
Tweet A’ight, Villagers: Time to fire up those DVRs. Prairie Village massage therapist Matthew Voelker of Praxis Wellness Solutions at the Village Shops will make his national television debut Friday as a contestant on the game show “Let’s Ask America.” (He’s not the first NEJCer to be featured on the show). Voelker’s episode will air [...]
Tweet Prairie Village’s Mike Brown, CEO of the Brainzooming Group, recently received a nice pat on the back for his work on the web. His blog, Brainzooming.com, was named one of the top 40 innovation blogs of 2012 by Innovation Excellence, an online hub for the global “innovation community.” Brown’s company led the development “Building [...]
Tweet It’s fair to say that without the inspiration of two SM East-area band teachers, last week’s Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C., wouldn’t have gone off like it did. Because if Meadowbrook Junior High’s Jim Leacocks and SM East’s Al Hanna hadn’t helped foster Jerry Amoury’s love of music, he never may have gotten serious [...]
Tweet The SM East boys basketball JV and varsity games scheduled for Tuesday at Olathe Northwest have been postponed on account of a death in the family of a member of the Olathe Northwest coaching staff. The games will be now be played Saturday, Feb. 16. JV tip will be 5:30 p.m. Varsity tip will [...]
Tweet Readers may remember our story on Finn Bullers, the Prairie Village man who lost his Medicaid coverage and nursing care at the first of the year. At our last report, Bullers appeared to be well on the way to getting back on track with the state’s new KanCare system that took over Medicaid services [...]
Tweet “Shawnee Mission teachers are under attack by a hostile state legislature,” Nancy Fritz told the Shawnee Mission School Board Monday night. Fritz, president of the Shawnee Mission chapter of the National Education Association (NEA), told the district that NEA expects more damaging legislation this session. She urged the board to “make a public show [...]
Tweet We figured it might be of interest to those of you who haven’t attended a community meeting on the proposed Mission Chateau senior living community on the site of Mission Valley middle school to see the Tutera Group’s Frequently Asked Questions document about the project:
Tweet Prairie Village police on Monday arrested a 35-year-old Overland Park man after two citizens called to report suspicious activity in the vicinity of 75th Street and Nall Avenue. The first call came in just before 3:15 p.m., when a citizen reported seeing a man peering into the windows of a house and then darting [...]
Tweet You crazy web kids out there probably think you invented the concept of self-referencial “meta-ness,” don’t you? Don’t you! Wellsirs, I invite you to visit SM East starting this Thursday to take a virtual trip back in time — all the way back to the ancient year 1998 — when “The Drowsy Chaperone,” this year’s SM [...]
Tweet You already knew their names. Now see their faces: This year’s queen will be crowned at halftime of the boys varsity basketball game vs. SM Northwest at 7 p.m. Feb. 8. The king will be crowned at the Sweetheart Dance the following night at 10 p.m.
Tweet In an effort to keep our readers’ better informed about the state government actions that impact our communities, we’ll be featuring regular update columns from northeast Johnson County’s elected officials in the legislature: Rep. Barbara Bollier, Rep. Stephanie Clayton, Rep. Melissa Rooker and Sen. Kay Wolf. Check back on Mondays to find out what’s [...]
Tweet Editor’s note: This is the first in a weekly series of sponsored posts brought to you by the Taylor Made Team focusing on the local housing market. Have a question you’d like considered? Send ideas to Chad Taylor at chad@taylormadekc.com. By Chad Taylor This is easily the most common question asked of Realtors today. [...]
Tweet With just a single misstep in the form of a tournament championship loss to McPherson High School two weeks ago, the SM East boys basketball team was already enjoying an extraordinary 2012-2013 season heading into Friday. A convincing win at rival Rockhurst High School may have propelled it into extra-extraordinary territory. The Lancers carried [...]
Tweet In response to feedback provided during three community meeting the past two weeks, the owner of Mission Valley Middle School has announced it will postpone submission of an application to build an extensive senior living community on the site until it has had time to consider potential changes to assuage the concerns of neighbors. [...]
Tweet The Prairie Village Post you’ve grown to know and love is going away… so we can replace it with a Prairie Village Post you’ll grow to know and love even more! Hurrah! So, here’s the deal: After two and a half years, we started to think that the site design I slapped together over [...]
Tweet After a recent story we ran regarding the possibility of a proposed constitutional amendment in Kansas to alter the article on school finance, several readers asked us if we would ask our local legislators how they would vote on such a proposal. We did. Overall, Sen. Kay Wolf and State Reps. Barbara Bollier, Melissa [...]
Tweet The good news keep coming as the University of Kansas continues to announce recipients of financial awards for research and scholarship. SM East grad Micah Melia is one of 20 KU sophomores to be named to the 32nd class of the University Scholars Program. She is the daughter of Tom and Anne Melia. A [...]
