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Archives for February, 2013
Tweet See if you can remember way back to October 1996, when a freak fall storm piled snow on still-leafed trees throughout northeast Johnson County, downing hundreds of limbs. Remember that mountain of chunked wood that piled up in Porter Park? Well sir, we may have a similar site to behold in the coming weeks. [...]
Tweet As in so many areas of life, for Mother Nature, quality takes time. That maxim serves to explain in part why some trees crumbled under the weight of Tuesday’s snowstorm while others held strong. K-State Extension horticulturist Dennis Patton said hardwooded trees — like the giant pin oaks common throughout northeast Johnson County — have [...]
Tweet Okay, don’t panic! We haven’t abandoned our wildly popular “Where’s that at?” Wall Series. Just so relax! Okay?! It’s just that, what with the massive, massive, really, truly enormous piles of snow around the area, some people have gotten a li’l creative, and we figured we probably only have one chance to spotlight their [...]
Tweet Do you have questions for the candidates for Shawnee Mission School Board? Send them our way and we will pose them at a public candidate forum coming up a week from Saturday. PVPost.com will sponsor a candidate forum March 9 for the contested Shawnee Mission School Board at-large seat. Co-sponsors for the event are [...]
Tweet That game last Friday? Ancient history. The SM East boys basketball team showed plenty of resilience Wednesday with a drubbing of Wyandotte High School in the first round of substate tournament play. Led by a huge night from sophomore Lucas Jones, the Lancers beat the Bulldogs 73-42. SM East jumped to a big lead [...]
Tweet Mother Nature really wants to build the suspense for the unveiling of revised plans for Mission Valley… The meeting on the proposed senior living community on the Mission Valley site that had been planned for tonight at Indian Hills Middle School has again been postponed on account of the weather. The meeting had initially [...]
Tweet Public Education: What’s at Stake? is the latest in the series of MainStream Coalition’s legislative forums. It will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Colonial Church, 7039 Mission Road. Among the topics Thursday will be the recent school funding lawsuit that resulted in a decision by the courts that the state [...]
Tweet It may be cold and snowy outside, but if you picked this week to be born, Shawnee Mission Medical Center will welcome you into the world with a warm and inviting new birth center. The $44 million Shawnee Mission Birth Center held its ribbon-cutting Monday morning and was open for business Tuesday, even in [...]
Tweet With some residents having been without power for a full day, Prairie Village is opening up city hall as a temporary shelter through 5 p.m. From the city: City Hall is open until 5 p.m. to residents who are still without electricity. Free Wi-Fi and coffee are available. City Hall is located at 7700 [...]
Tweet Roeland Park’s Adrienne Foster failed to garner enough votes in Tuesday’s primary to make it onto April’s general election ballot, marking the beginning of the end of her sometimes controversial tenure as mayor after just one term. Challenger Joel Marquardt emerged Tuesday as the clear frontrunner for the office, picking up 57 percent of [...]
Tweet Northeast Johnson County residents who had visions of a cozy snow day spent with their families were in for a rude awakening Tuesday as the second major winter storm in a week blasted the area, felling tree limbs and causing widespread power outages. The Prairie Village and Fairway areas were among the hardest hit [...]
Tweet Here we go again! We’ll be updating this post with new information about Monday and Tuesday’s snowstorm as it comes in, including cancelations, closures and reschedulings as well as photos from around the area. If you have information about the storm or photos you want to share, email us at stories [at] pvpost.com.
Tweet Roeland Park is one of the few communities in northeast Johnson County (Fairway being another) that will have a primary election tomorrow. While Fairway’s race only draws voters from one ward, in Roeland Park voters across the city will narrow the field for the April mayoral election. Incumbent Adrienne Foster faces two challengers in [...]
Tweet Northeast Johnson County law enforcement agents were among those breathing a sigh of relief at news last week that a “catburglar” had been arrested in the act. Leawood police apprehended Raymond K. Dorsey, 24, last Tuesday as he emerged from a garage, apparently attempting to complete the latest in a string of overnight burglaries [...]
Tweet Well. The atmosphere before tipoff was a lot of fun, at least. But once the action had started in SM East’s packed (and we mean really, really packed — so packed the fire marshall kept a long line of fans waiting outside) gym Friday, the home fans didn’t have much to cheer about. Quick offensive [...]
Tweet In an effort to keep our readers better informed about the state government actions that impact our communities, we are 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 By Chad Taylor Question: If someone has just moved into the area, are there any particular stores or restaurants you recommend they be sure to check out? We actually get questions like this all the time from clients, and even though it is not exactly in the realm of real estate, I think it’s [...]
Tweet David Morrison has yet to appear in court to fight motions seeking his ouster from the Prairie Village City Council, but his other legal struggle with the city appears to be at an end. The Kansas Supreme Court last week refused to take up Morrison’s appeal of a lower court’s decision in a case [...]
Tweet A car crashed into a tree in the 6700 block of Roe Avenue early Monday morning killing its driver. Prairie Village Police report that at approximately 2:05 a.m. officers were dispatched to the scene of the single vehicle accident. Preliminary reports suggest a man driving a Suzuki Forenza southbound on Roe lost control of [...]
Tweet Stop me if this sounds familiar… In anticipation of substantial predicted snowfall Monday evening, the city of Fairway has declared a traffic emergency and is prohibiting on-street parking starting at noon today. The on-street parking ban will last at least through 5 p.m. Tuesday. “The priority of the Public Works Department will be to [...]
Tweet Deffenbaugh trash crews will be working a rare Sunday in an effort to catch up after the snowstorm delayed pick up in many areas. From the city of Prairie Village: Deffenbaugh Industries has announced they will be collecting trash on some residential routes on Sunday, February 24 with the hope of getting caught up [...]
Tweet With the forecast calling for below-freezing temperatures to persist for several days, Prairie Village officials are pleading with residents to help keep sidewalks passable for pedestrians. “[It] is unlikely that there will be a significant reduction in the snow due to melting,” read a message sent from the city Friday. “The City is asking [...]
Tweet Check back here for updates from the 7 p.m. boys basketball game vs. undefeated SM South.
Tweet Tomorrow, people dining in more than 70 restaurants in the Kansas City area will be helping the victims of the JJs explosion. The Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association (GKCRA) has organized the effort. Participating restaurants will donate 10 percent of sales tomorrow, Saturday, February 23, to support employees injured in the fire. The association [...]
Tweet Fairway will get a jump on the spring election season next week because one ward has a primary to narrow the field for city council. Fairway has a four-way primary for its fourth ward council seat, although one of the candidates on the ballot has decided not to campaign for the office. The top [...]
