Local obituaries from Jan. 2-8

In the latest episode of BV Unmuted, the official podcast of Blue Valley Schools, Superintendent Dr. Chapman, joined by Blue Valley Board President Jan Kessinger and Vice President Clay Norkey and Chief Financial Officer Jeremy McFadden,…

William Paul Wacaser; Sharon Lee Keegan; Charlene Mabel Bergene; Lori Crimm; Steven Neil Pearce; Gary Joe Hennon; Amratbhai Patel; Margie M. Kutzner; James O. Delaney; Francis “Frank” Russell; E. Anita Johnson; Gena “Marilyn” Elliott;…

The city of Spring Hill continues its long-term planning for an estimated $4 million in improvements along 223rd Street between Harrison, Webster Streets and Victory Road, which include two roundabouts. City Engineer Alysen Abel and Senior…

Olathe Public Schools will no longer offer dance or cheer as middle school electives. The Olathe Board of Education recently voted to axe the classes as part of a major revamp of its elective offerings. Instead of taking cheer and dance…

No matter who the student or teacher is in the Shawnee Mission School District, they belong! Belonging is a strategy outlined in the district’s strategic plan, developed by our community, and across the district there are people working…

After years of studies and legal efforts to block the project, the city of Prairie Village is kicking off construction on its new municipal complex later this year. Following an early December decision to push the issuance of bonds forward…

On nice days at a nursery in northern Overland Park, customers sip lattes among plants. Lots of plants, that is. Caffeine and chlorophyll; that’s the idea behind Café Equinox, the coffee shop at the Family Tree Nursery’s two locations in…

Officials in Lenexa and Shawnee both pursued the Kansas City Chiefs to relocate to their respective cities last year before the team announced a deal to build a new stadium in Wyandotte Couny and new team headquarters in Olathe. This week,…