Mission News

Nobody likes to find a tick on themselves or someone close to them. Not only are they difficult to remove, but can carry diseases that can be transmitted to people.

A joint venture for trash removal among three of the cities in northeast Johnson County is still in its first year, but all three are signing on to continue the program that let them unite to bid for services and get better rates.

The Rev. Bill Bruning, left, when he was pastor of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, shown here presenting a check to Barry Feaker for the Topeka Rescue Mission.

The summer construction season continues in downtown Mission where work started this week on Johnson Drive in preparation for the 2014 rebuild.

The food pantries in the Kansas City metro have been doing record business since the economic downturn of 2008.

Plaza Belmont Fund III LP, a middle market private equity firm in Shawnee Mission, Kan., and several other investors have acquired Labriola Baking Co., an Alsip, Ill., producer of fresh and frozen artisan breads.

A Prairie Village police officer on routine patrol Monday morning saved the day when he noticed smoke coming from a Mission Hills home.

The Caldwell County Sheriff's Office is seeking a man in connection with the kidnapping of a 23-year-old woman.

For the past 11 years Starlight Theatre 's educational outreach program recognized high school musical theater students and their productions across the metropolitan Kansas City area with nominations in about 20 categories of competition In some cases nominations for Starlight Theatre's Annual Blue Star Awards were broken into Tier I and II ... (more)

An Army mom from the Piper area of Kansas City, Kan., is counting her blessings as her son recovers from a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan on June 3. Sgt.

"After a two week absence for our KCPT membership drive we are back bright-eyed and bushy-tailed with Kansas City 3 Weeks in Review."

FC Kansas City returns to Verizon Stadium on Sunday June 16 at 3:10 p.m. to face off against the Chicago Red Stars.

A local Jewish student was denied entry into the United Kingdom late last month.

Another example of a small town at the mercy of a corporate giant in much the same way the big law firms run Kansas City Proper.

An analysis by The Star finds that Mission is the Kansas City area's king of traffic enforcement, issuing more citations in a year than many suburbs three times its size.

Last month, Mission Police Chief John Simmons noticed a guy driving next to him wasn't wearing a seat belt and was texting.

Roeland Park residents can participate in a town hall meeting about the city's budget this Tuesday and learn about more opportunities to weigh in on different budget topics as it is developed this summer.

The 17-acre Gateway site at Shawnee Mission Parkway and Roe has been vacant for years but could still see dirt turning this summer.

The 6-foot-5, 285-pound O-line prospect from Shawnee Mission, Kan., was being recruited heavily by Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri - among other programs - at the time of his commitment.

Shawnee Mission School District is offering free lunches for children ages 1 to 18 at several of the district's schools this summer.