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Tweet Coyotes, roaming the wild, open spaces of Mission — yes, Mission, Kan. — have caused a bit of a stir in a neighborhood just north of Shawnee Mission Parkway and a couple blocks west of the soon to be developed Gateway acreage. In the last month, neighbors along 60th Terrace and Rock Creek Lane [...]
Tweet A Community Improvement District (CID) for the Hobby Lobby and Blockbuster properties along Johnson Drive was stopped by the Mission City Council this week in what could be a reversal of direction on sales tax help for developers. The CID petition filed by Block Properties would have resulted in an additional one-cent sales tax [...]
Tweet The re-development of the Mission West shopping center and the Blockbuster building across Johnson Drive have been proposed to the city along with a Community Improvement District (CID) to help pay for the renovations. Mission West includes Hobby Lobby, Avelluto’s restaurant, the Department of Motor Vehicles branch, Taco Bell and several other businesses that [...]
Tweet The Mission Family Festival played to a crisp Saturday with a parade, pancake breakfast and plenty of kids activities plus the usual carnival area. The frog-jumping contest only drew one frog – well an amphibian of sort – who was tiny enough to get lost in the grass more than once. Even on a [...]
Tweet If you are looking for a bargain this weekend, heading to Mission might be your best bet. The city-wide garage sale kicked off yesterday and continues today and tomorrow. More than 50 homes in the city have registered for the city sale and you can find a list of addresses and items that are [...]
Tweet Right-of-way acquisition for the Johnson Drive rehabilitation project between Lamar and Nall has not gone smooth, according to reports this week. The street will be rebuilt from building front to building front, maintaining four lanes of traffic and head-in parking. It turns out that the public easements going down the street are not uniform. [...]
Tweet What do these two photos have in common? Stumped? The answer, of course, is that they are both Twisted Sisters. One is the coffee shop and cafe on Johnson Drive in Mission. The other is the 1970s era heavy metal band – still performing, by the way. Right now they share the name, but [...]
Tweet The Mission Family Fun Festival kicks off Thursday night with a carnival just north of the Sylvester Powell Community Center. The big day is Saturday when the Mayor’s Community Parade starts down Johnson Drive at 11 a.m. Saturday begins with a Rotary Club Pancake breakfast at 7 a.m. After the parade on Saturday, Beverly [...]
Tweet The new Mission city administrator is coming from Junction City, Kansas, but has only been out of the KC metro for a little more than three years. Gerry Vernon has been the city manager in Junction City since early 2010, but moved there from Smithville, Mo. where he spent 13 years working his way [...]
Tweet View Larger Map The QuikTrip gas station at 4700 Lamar in Mission was robbed early this morning, but no injuries were reported. Mission police said the suspect entered the store at 1:56 a.m. and demanded cash. The clerk handed over the money in the register and the suspect left the area on foot without [...]
Tweet Construction projects, both public and private, in Mission are on a pace that shows a sharp rebound from the recession. The city gave an update on several public projects that are under way, including the changes to transit stops, the Martway and Johnson Drive rehabilitations and the swimming pool replacement. But Martin Rivarola, Community [...]
Tweet The 14-year-old boy involved in the shooting of his cousin in a Mission chiropractor’s office this week has been charged with aggravated battery and as a juvenile in possession of a firearm, according to the Johnson County District Attorney’s office. He was still in custody in juvenile detention Thursday after the shooting which occurred [...]
Tweet A public hearing on a Community Improvement District (CID) to help redevelop the Keystone property along Johnson Drive and Barkley has been set for May. Christie Development is proposing two new buildings for property, which also is planned to have a public park. Councilor Lawrence Andre was the only vote against the hearing. One [...]
Tweet A 6-year-old girl was shot in the leg Tuesday morning in a Mission chiropractor’s office just across the street from the Sylvester Powell, Jr., Community Center on Martway. The suspect in custody is related to the victim, police said. Police captured a suspect just over an hour later only about a block farther east when [...]
Tweet It is Spring Cleaning time, folks. Add Mission’s “Community Recycle E-Vent” to the Prairie Village large item pickup and it’s definitely time to clean house. The Mission event is free and open to all Northeast Johnson County residents. Among the items you can recycle in Mission Saturday are tires (with small charge) by Beck [...]
Tweet Remember that DUI checkpoint that we warned you about in Mission last Friday? Apparently, some non-readers didn’t get the message. Police arrested 12 people at the checkpoint early Saturday morning. The arrests included six for Driving Under the Influence, two for Driving While Impaired and six for drug-related offenses. The officers checked 335 cars [...]
Tweet Chacko’s Eatery, a popular Johnson Drive restaurant and bakery in Mission, is closing April 27. Chacko’s has been in business for 15 years, first as a catering company that David and Rachel Finn ran from home starting in 1998. The success of their lunch box offerings allowed them to move to 6001 Johnson Drive [...]
Tweet If you plan to drink, plan not to drive: Always good advice. But Friday night Mission police, along with several other law enforcement agencies, will be running a DUI checkpoint. Officers will be watching for impaired and dangerous drivers Friday night and early Saturday morning. Drivers will be screened for impairment and those who [...]
Tweet The Mission pool project is rolling along, but there is still time to get your opinion in the mix. The second public presentation session will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Sylvester Powell, Jr. Community Center on Martway. Wednesday night the city council saw a preliminary design for the pool complex based [...]
Tweet The City of Mission is likely to have its new city administrator on board next month, according to Mayor Laura McConwell. Mike Scanlon, who held the job for 10 years, left in early December to become the town manager in Basalt, Colo. Basalt is a small resort town just down the highway from Aspen. [...]
Tweet Wet grounds and cloudy skies moved the annual Missoin Bunny Eggstravaganza from Broadmoor Park to the Sylvester Powell Community Center, but it didn’t dampen the spring fun. Patrons enjoyed races, face painting, bounce houses and a visit from a Consolidated Fire District No. 2 truck: And, of course Easter egg hunts overseen but his [...]
Tweet After being pushed back from its original start date because of this year’s weather, Mission’s Martway reconstruction project has begun and the street closings have kicked in. Martway is now closed at Woodson where the box bridge that carries Rock Creek under the intersection will be replaced. The intersection will be closed for about [...]
Tweet Evidence of the ol’ Internet’s impact on brick and mortar operations has reached an interesting local milestone: the closing of the last Blockbuster Video retail location in northeast Johnson County. An employee of the Johnson Drive Blockbuster in Mission said Tuesday the store was selling all of its inventory and planned to close for [...]
Tweet The Johnson Drive business district in Mission has seen some vacancies in recent years, but now there is a new flurry of building permit activity that is filling in some of the empty spaces. The focus of late has been on the projects at either end of the drive, including the Gateway project that [...]
Tweet The council chambers were standing room only Wednesday night with many people attending for a resolution to replace the pool at Andersen Park. The council approved the resolution to move ahead with the pool project and hired the firm of Prosser Wilbert, Inc. for both design and build services for the pool. In its [...]
