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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 Crossing guard services at Prairie Village schools will likely look very much the same for the 2013-2014 school year — but the arrangement that provides those services is set to change. The Prairie Village city council on Monday approved a proposal from the city’s police department to outsource crossing guard duties to Securitas Security [...]
Tweet Prairie Village’s police department will again be participating in a statewide crackdown on seatbelt laws starting Monday. Buckle it up, Villagers: From March 11 through March 15, the Prairie Village Police Department will join other Kansas Law Enforcement agencies to stop what has been an epidemic for the past several years. In 2012, 43 [...]
Tweet Prairie Village police have begun meeting with Shawnee Mission School District officials as part of a comprehensive school safety review in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings in December. Police Chief Wes Jordan says he, along with two captains and two sergeants, are involved with the In Defense of Our Schools task force [...]
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 Valentine’s Day found the Westwood City Council tussling with a thorny parking question that has played out for several months. In the end, the council sent the question back to committee after a prepared ordinance failed to pass for lack of a motion. The problem is along 48th Street west of Rainbow, where employees [...]
Tweet The news late Friday that the Kansas Libertarian Party was moving forward with a legal challenge to Prairie Village and Leawood’s ban on openly carrying weapons within their city limits made the renewed debate over gun control following the Sandy Hook massacre a consequential one at the local level. To gauge local sentiment on [...]
Tweet Prairie Village city councilor Michael Kelly sent us the following commentary on the threatened lawsuit that would challenge Prairie Village’s ban on openly carrying firearms. Earl McIntosh of the Kansas Libertarian Party told PVPost.com this morning that the group planned on filing the suit “by the end of the day.” Lawyers, guns and money [...]
Tweet Furry friends who find themselves lost in Prairie Village may soon have a temporary – and in some cases permanent — place to call home. Prairie Village Police are exploring whether to switch to a new facility to provide boarding service for animals picked up by Prairie Village Animal Control. At present, such animals go to [...]
Tweet In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shootings, a group of Johnson County law enforcement leaders have started discussions about ensuring school security measures in the area are adequate — discussions that Prairie Village Police Chief Wes Jordan said are likely to continue in the coming weeks. Jordan and the heads of other Johnson County [...]
Tweet Johnson County District Attorney Stephen Howe on Monday confirmed his office has received the formal request letter for the ouster of Prairie Village City Councilor David Morrison, and said he was in the process of determining next steps. “It’s our job to review the grounds for ouster and see if the facts of the [...]
Tweet A year after implementing a series of changes to traffic signals along 75th Street in an effort to improve traffic flow and minimize environmental impact, the city has some heartening numbers to report. By better coordinating traffic signals from Lamar Ave. to Mission Road, the Mid-American Regional Council’s Operation Greenlight estimates a total savings [...]
Tweet Overland Park police are following up on an incident that involved an Indian Hills Middle School student walking to a bus stop last Tuesday. The female student was approached by a man who offered a ride. The following is the information that the Shawnee Mission School District sent by broadcast voicemail to Indian Hills [...]
Tweet A mother and daughter who pleaded guilty to selling drugs from a home on Village Drive in Prairie Village, received jail time of 30 days and 14 days respectively when sentenced in a Johnson County courtroom Monday. Both will spend 18 months on probation. The mother, Lynn Turner, 54, had pleaded guilty to two [...]
Tweet Residents concerned about the construction of new sidewalks along Prairie Village streets should consider attending the City Council Committee of the Whole meeting at 6 p.m. on August 6 at City Hall. During that meeting, the council is scheduled to discuss the list of a dozen new sidewalks projects that were approved as part [...]
Tweet Happy Fourth of July, everyone! Just a brief public service announcement to remind everyone that, what with the ridiculously hot and dry weather, setting off your own fireworks may not be the best way to demonstrate your civic pride. In fact, it would probably pose a not-insignificant threat to you and your neighbors. Also, [...]
Tweet News flash, Villagers: It’s hot. Like, really, really, oppressively hot. And it’s going to stay this way for…well, a lot longer than I’d like. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for much of the entire state through the end of the week. The most recent forecast calls for the temperatures to [...]
Tweet ‘Tis the season for door-to-door solicitation in Prairie Village — and it’s leaving at least one PVPost.com reader a bit perturbed. Andrew C. sent us this note and the photos above and below after encountering “litter” — in both senses of the word — all around his neighborhood: So I found something strange on [...]
Tweet Remember how we told you earlier this month that the Prairie Village police would be participating in the statewide Click It or Ticket campaign? Well sir, they weren’t fooling around. Traffic unit officer James Carney reports that in the first week of the campaign, the department issued 108 seat belt citations. As part of [...]
Tweet One year after implementing a new set of techniques to deter break ins in areas that had seen sharp increases over the past three years, the Prairie Village Police report that burglary numbers for the city are markedly down. Twelve full months of crime data show that, since the department enacted the Data Driven [...]
Tweet Prairie Village resident Tim Pickell considers himself an old-fashioned guy who “dislikes being told by others how to best keep myself safe.” But the numbers regarding what he calls an epidemic of dangerous driving habits alarmed the local attorney — who has run for Prairie Village City Council and Kansas governor — enough that [...]
Tweet The Prairie Village Police Department reports that it issued 21 citations as part of a statewide traffic enforcement effort earlier this month. Sgt. James Carney says police issued 16 citations to adults for seat belt violations, and five citations to drivers and passengers who were under 18. The also issued eight miscellaneous citations. Carney [...]
Tweet A Sunday morning explosion at a Prairie Village home sent one of its inhabitants to be treated for minor injuries. Consolidated Fire District No. 2 Battalion Chief Bob Wilcox said investigators were still looking into what caused the explosion in the 4500 block of 66th Terrace, and said they were likely to release at [...]
Tweet An incident in which car traveling above the posted speed limit of 15 miles per hour slid over a wooden bridge and through a stop sign last month is prompting the Mission Hills City Council to consider installing a traffic calming device on the stretch of Indian Lane that runs downhill toward the intersection [...]
Tweet Buckle up. Put your phone down. And concentrate on the road. That’s the message Prairie Village police are hoping to send next week when they take part in a statewide effort to increase traffic safety — particularly around schools. Police officers have been instructed to stay especially vigilant in enforcing traffic laws around Prairie [...]
