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Johnson County Transit is working to fill more than a dozen vacant bus operator positions.

PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. — Plans are being drafted to adjust the attendance boundary between the Tomahawk and Briarwood Elementary schools in the Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD). Maximum capacity for elementary schools within SMSD falls between a range of 525 to 575 students. Currently Briarwood is the only elementary school in the district to exceed that […]

OLATHE, Kan. — The 10th Judicial Nominating Committee is seeking out nominees to fill one district judge vacancy and two district magistrate judge vacancies in Johnson County. The committee will be tasked with filling the three vacant positions due to upcoming retirements. District Judge Paul Gurney will retire Sept. 30, District Magistrate Judge Daniel Vokins will […]

The Johnson County Library’s Gardner branch will be closed from Wednesday, Oct. 5 through mid-December as crews repair the roof and plumbing.

The Merriam City Council is considering a hotel grant could provide hotel owners up to $250,000 to upgrade their business.

Starting pay for Johnson County sheriff’s deputies will increase to $28.50 an hour until department vacancies drop below 14 deputy positions.

The De Soto City Council will consider annexing an additional 2,800 acres on the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant property.

GARDNER, Kan. — The Gardner Edgerton School District is navigating through legally murky waters as the school board continues discussing policy related to transgender students’ use of school restrooms and their preferred pronouns. In July, school board member Jeff Miller proposed a new policy requiring transgender students to use restrooms that correspond to their sex […]

The Blue Valley school board approved a mail-in election resolution to determine if district should issue GO bonds, seeking a $251,250,000 bond.

City leaders in Mission, Kansas, are considering a plan to implement zoning restrictions for new vaping shops.