Roeland Park News

How are business in normally-prosperous Johnson County doing in the recession? According to sales tax records, the answer is lousy.

Roeland Park Firefighters were called to the playground of an elementary school after it caught fire on Monday evening.

When the detectives finished at the rural spots where the two womens bodies were found, nude and badly burned, they had little else to go on.In the 20 years since, little has changed.But with help from a $138,000 federal grant, the Johnson County Sheriffs Department is renewing its investigations into the unsolved 1989 murders of Christina ...

The Johnson County Library is accepting donations of books, videos and CDs until May 1 for the 2009 Annual Sizzlin' Summer Used Book Sale.

Historically, incumbent mayors in Johnson County seldom have trouble winning re-election, but in the April 7 contest, three mayors lost to challengers.

Voters gave pink slips to three Johnson County mayors seeking re-election in Tuesday’s balloting there.In unofficial final returns, Roeland Park Mayor Steve Petrehn was defeated by Adrienne Foster, who won 51.9 percent of the vote to Petrehn’s 43.5 percent.Merriam Mayor Carl Wilkes also lost his bid for re-election. Ken Sissom won a ...

Voters in the metro area headed to the polls on Tuesday for a number of local municipal and county elections.

Johnson County voters will choose mayors in Merriam, Fairway, Roeland Park and Lake Quivira; city council members in those cities and several others including Overland Park and Lenexa; school board members in Blue Valley, Shawnee Mission and Olathe; Johnson County Community College trustees; and Water District No.

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Voters weren’t ready to give up on their elected officials Tuesday, as incumbents fared well in municipal elections in Johnson, Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties.Turnout was low in all three counties, ...

Tuesday was primary day in Kansas, and the lists of candidates for municipal and other offices were whittled down.

Low numbers were reported in both Johnson and Wyandotte counties in primary races.

It’s primary election day on the Kansas side.Four cities in Johnson County — Fairway, Roeland Park, Merriam and Gardner — are conducting primary elections for mayor.Other primaries are being ...

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Stephanie Newport and Jonathan Holmes announce their engagement and intention to be married July 17 at the First Christian Church in Osawatomie.

Published: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 5:05 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 6:53 p.m. This week, in honor of 28 days of bacon on the Port City foodies blog at ...

Contentiousness over several Fairway issues in recent years spawned a crowded field of mayoral candidates that will be pared down in the March 3 primary election.

Johnson County Sheriffa s Office Community Policing Unit deputies cited six stores for selling tobacco to minors and two for selling alcohol to minors.

OLATHE, Kan. - Six Johnson County, Kan. businesses have been cited for selling tobacco to minors.

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