Roeland Park News

Larry June, center, and his wife Vickie, left, oversee the chaos in their Kansas City, Kan.

Bargain hunters, its time to blink.Last-minute shoppers and there are plenty of them are likely to find the best deals have been picked over, especially on the few hot items this year such as the Zhu Zhu Pets hamster toy.

It has been a whirlwind week for Roeland Park Mayor Adrienne Foster , who hoped to be nominated during this weeka s Johnson County Republican Party Precinct Convention to replace State Sen.

Along with fulfilling her duty as a hot lady in a business suit, she also has an impressive rA©sumA© . And for the most part, I think we can all agree that life is much better in Roeland Park than KC Proper .

When Julie Brock-Garcia, 13, learned that the Make-A-Wish foundation wanted to give her a wish, she instead asked that all the funds for her be given to a food pantry in Westport.

Animals are not left out at the The Home Show - Fall Edition - which kicked off Friday, Oct.

Jan Mabe of Smithville tries on a necklace with the help of Nancy Blackman . Blackman, co-owner of Bond's Jewels in Kansas City, was tending the booth Saturday.

Stephanie Newport, daughter of Randy and Chris Newport of Osawatomie, and Jonathan Holmes, son of Jim and Ruth Holmes of Roeland Park, were united in marriage at the First Christian Church of Osawatomie on July 17, 2009.

Need a job? Dona TMt go west a ' go north to Nebraska, particularly Omaha. According to comparison data recently released by the County Economic Research Institute, Nebraskaa TMs unemployment rate in May was among the lowest in the nation.

Johnson County, which prides itself on being one of the most influential, progressive and cutting-edge counties in the nation, is shamefully trailing the rest of the country in its recycling efforts.

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 ...