Prairie Village News

Here are some random newsy items from my reporter's notebook. Chili Cookoff Benefit Great chili comes from the heart, so the third annual chili cook-off sponsored by the Wyandotte Homeless Services Coalition is a no-brainer. The event is slated for Thursday, November 19, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Wilhemina Gill Services Center in Kansas City, Kansas.

More than a week after Ryan Haraughty was fired as a science teacher from Mission Valley Middle School, 8500 Mission Road, Prairie Village, parents and students continue to ask Shawnee Mission School District officials to reconsider.

The Shawnee Mission School District superintendent told parents tonight that it was time to put the controversial firing of teacher behind them and move forward.We recognize people are angry and upset, said Gene Johnson during a meeting at Mission Valley Middle School in Prairie Village.

Eighth-grade students at Mission Valley Middle School in Prairie Village will not let the firing of a beloved teacher fade quietly away.A group of about 50 cut classes today and demonstrated outside the school waving homemade signs urging drivers along Mission Road to honk their support for Ryan Haraughty, a science teacher who was fired Monday by ...

Although located in a cheery setting in the US heartland, the store's interior reflects the offbeat pen-and-ink drawings of the famous author and illustrator who fancied morbid Victorian and Edwardian styles.

" Students in Prairie Village say they won't give up the fight to have a popular teacher reinstated.

An eighth-grade teacher said he is upset about being fired, but encouraged by the outpouring of support from students he taught.

REMEMBER Dorothy's exclamation to her little dog Toto in the classic movie "The Wizard of Oz?" "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," she said as the two emerged from the tornado-transported farmhouse into the magical Technicolor of Oz.

People frequently misspell and mispronounce Jaclyn Frankenbergs first name. We laugh about it when people call me JacQUEline.

Church Women United of Johnson County will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church, 9300 Nall Ave., Overland Park.

The victim's son, who is serving in the military, never expected to come home to find his father badly beaten after taking a trip to a Prairie Village grocery store.

A $10.2 million bond offering from the city of Prairie Village has been rated Aa1 by Moody's Investors Service.

A Prairie Village man was beaten and robbed near his car, while waiting for his wife to shop for groceries.

Lenexa United Methodist Church, 9138 Caenen Lake Road, Lenexa, offers a Trunk or Treat event from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct.

Home << Local << Developers present plans for low-income housing A pair of projects could provide options for low-income housing in St.

David Cooper, president of Prudential Kansas City Realty, announced the transaction during a companywide address Tuesday morning.

Doby S. McClellan, 30, of Prairie Village, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple this afternoon to using a cell phone and traveling across state lines to hire another person to commit murder.

A Prairie Village man pleaded guilty this afternoon to attempting to hire someone to kill a former girlfriends new boyfriend.Doby S. McClellan, 30, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Kansas City.

MISSION HILLS, Kan. a ' More than 1,000 people were without power at one point late Sunday night in Johnson County.

The Johnson County Museum of History has a unique vision for its upcoming exhibit - " exploring the lives of immigrants in suburban communities.