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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
TweetSo, no, that heavy, slushy stuff that covered Kansas City yesterday wasn’t the ideal medium for downhill enthusiasts. But when you’re having a winter like we are, you take what you can get. The Vanice family was among those who bundled up and braved the SM East sledding hill yesterday for a bit of winter [...]
TweetYes, there was a chill in the air yesterday morning during the Love2Run Four Mile Couples Run at the Downtown Airport. But there was some love mixed in there as well. Photographer Ben McCall (who runs the very good Gladstone Gazette) caught this shot of Prairie Village resident Chuck Manthey proposing to Prairie Village resident [...]
TweetTime to say your last goodbyes to the old Tippin’s building at Corinth Square. The city of Prairie Village has issued a demolition permit for the structure, with the contractor predicting work will begin on Monday. (We assume this means the Ripple Glass bin will be moving behind Hattie’s very shortly). Assistant City Administrator Dennis [...]
Tweet On Monday, the Prairie Village City Council voted to replace the black chain link fence that had upset many Tomahawk Road residents with a wooden rail fence that will have a chain link backing. Public Works has provided the above photo as a sample of what the new fence will look like (though the [...]
Tweet Mayor Ron Shaffer announced earlier this week that Jack Shearer, a commercial real estate salesman, will chair this year’s Jazz Fest committee. Shearer takes over for Kathy Peterson, who became lead organizer of the 2011 event when festival co-founder Dan Anderson stepped down as co-chair last April. Shearer has been involved with Jazz in [...]
TweetWe took the feedback we got from our call for questions for the Ward 4 candidates and put together the following five-part questionnaire. We’re going to send them out to the Ward 4 candidates today, and release their answers a day at a time starting next Monday: 1.) Does Prairie Village need to expand its [...]
TweetFinal crime statistics for 2011 suggest the new crime prevention tactics employed by the Prairie Village Police department may have started to pay off. Total crime was down 23 percent from 2010, with residential burglaries at their lowest levels since 2007, when just 24 were reported. The police department recorded 58 residential burglaries in the [...]
Tweet The Prairie Village City Council voted 6-4 Monday night approving a plan to replace the controversial black chain link fence along Brush Creek on Tomahawk Road with a wooden rail fence that will have chain link backing. It will cost $3,000 to remove the chain link fence that Public Works began installing in late [...]
TweetBefore a crowd of more than 225 packed into the SM East cafeteria, Prairie Village Mayor Ron Shaffer on Monday broke a tie vote to approve a measure affirming city support for the current land uses allowed by the Mission Valley Middle School site’s R-1a zoning — a designation that allows housing, a school, a [...]
Tweet As homeowners surrounding Mission Valley Middle School continue to organize protest against a proposed mixed-use development on the site, the city of Prairie Village appears to be prepared to back away from a move to conduct a comprehensive planning process for the site. The comprehensive planning process originally recommended by city staff would have [...]
TweetThe Somerset Elementary building will soon be gone, demolished to make way for a new assisted living facility. But some of the accoutrements of an active school won’t be going to waste. Hunt Midwest, the building’s new owner, was looking for places to donate some of the school’s building materials and equipment, and Kale Boler, [...]
Tweet In anticipation of a crowd that could near 200, Prairie Village has announced it will move its Monday, Feb. 6, City Council meeting to the SM East cafeteria. The city has also put together a helpful FAQ explaining what the council will be considering at the meeting, as well as how comprehensive planning processes [...]
TweetAt the their meeting next Monday, Feb. 6, members of the Prairie Village City Council are likely to take up of the issue of what — if anything — to do about the controversial fence installed along the new asphalt path from Porter Park to 71st Street along Tomahawk Road. The council should hear back [...]
TweetThis Chocolate Ale business is serious stuff. Rimann sold through its supply in 20 minutes. That’s right: 20 minutes. That’s one-third of one hour. Approximately fifteen times faster than it sold through fewer cases last year. Yowsers. A reader sent us this shot of the line outside Rimann’s door as people waited for the store [...]
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