Gardner News

Two Gardner City Council members filed a lawsuit Monday to quash a recall petition seeking to remove them from office.

A flyover of vintage aircraft, patriotic music and speeches, and remarks from Gold Star family members will highlight the 23rd Annual Johnson County Veterans Day Observance at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov.

The Kansas Highway Department will hold a public meeting Thursday to show its plans for a new Interstate 35 interchange near Gardner.

The Kansas highway department tonight will give residents of southwest Johnson County a glimpse of new interchange planned for Interstate 35 between Gardner and Edgerton.The proposed interchange is supposed to help relieve traffic congestion that would come if the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway builds a freight hub in the area.The rail yard ...

In the spirit of outreach, the University of Kansas School of Music has partnered with a fine arts patron to create student ensembles that will travel across Kansas, performing and teaching master classes.

The Kansas Department of Transportation will have its first open house for the Interstate 35 S.W. Johnson County interchange project.

DeAnn Swofford plans to use the $10,000 she received after winning a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching to work on her master's degree.

Johnson County Sheriff's Deputies are putting the final touches on their new jail and plan to start bringing in inmates next month.

County enrollment for fall 2009 District Sept. 21 count Increase from 2008 Shawnee Mission 27,799 +28 Olathe 27,242 +348 Blue Valley 21,911 +358 De Soto 6,393 +86 Gardner Edgerton4,608+230 Spring Hill 2,062 +107 Source: Johnson County school districts All six Johnson County school districts saw an increase this month in the number of students, ...

A good number of pilots and a sizable crowd of airplane enthusiasts converged on the Emporia Municipal Airport Saturday for the annual open house and fly-in. The day started with a breakfast of pancakes and sausage, and the event drew up to 60 pilots from around the state flying planes varying from ultra-lights and open-air kit planes to single- ...

The new Johnson County Jail is open for business as the largest of its kind in the state of Kansas.

Using a laptop in lecture classes is just one way students at the University are using technology to enhance their learning.

The tiny town of Edgerton took a giant leap toward landing a $735 million intermodal project that would deliver truckloads of tax revenue and jobs.

The Phase II expansion of the Johnson County Adult Detention Center at the New Century AirCenter is nearing completion.

The Kansas City Star reports that experts with the Mid-America Regional Council say diesel emissions from the rail project near Gardner would increase air pollution in the area, where it already exceeds federal air standards.

From Crime Stoppers: On 7/9/09 a Kansas City, Missouri Police Officer was run over by a motorcycle in the parking lot of the Quik-Trip at 6940 North Oak Trafficway.

A committee seeking to recall two Gardner City Council members will have to revise its petitions before the Johnson County District Attorney's Office approves the requests.

The Kansas Department of Agriculture has cited several area operations for six or more critical health code violations.

Q. I sympathize with the woman who works at a customer service counter in Gardner, Kan., and was annoyed by customers' use of cellphones in stores.

State Research and Extension is offering two workshops targeting small acreage landowners who would like to learn more about managing their pastures.