Shawnee News

A Kansas City, Kan., utility is investigating reports that a downed power line at a public park was left unattended for more than 11 hours before a man was electrocuted, despite several calls made to report the problem.

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.

Mindi Love has an encyclopedic memory of Johnson County's history. Off the top of her head, she can say what year Country Club Plaza developer J.C. Nichols completed his studies at the old Olathe High School.

The Board of Public Utilities is trying to determine when it was notified and who received the calls that a power line was down after a storm Saturday hit Rosedale Park in Kansas City, Kan.

More than 5,000 abandoned houses present Kansas City with a pricey problem every summer.

NEW FRANKLIN, Mo. - John Howard Feldmann, 91, went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ on June 10th.

Domino's recently tested DVDs in Brazil that give off the smell of cooking pizza as they play in promotion with a local video store.

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

The Minnesota-based company responsible for the state's new motor vehicle system won't receive the remaining balance on its contract until the whole system is active and bug-free.

A 26-year-old man was sentenced to 120 days in prison for a wrong-way accident that killed a man in downtown Kansas City.

Why pick one bar? Work your way among Waldo bars, beginning at 75th Street and Wornall, when the Waldo Crawldo returns this Saturday from 6 p.m. to midnight.

A routine trip to the grocery store took a terrifying turn for an Overland Park, KS, woman and police said her swift actions may have saved her from harm.

Jenifer Valenti and Carrie Cooper have been busy in the two years since they were tapped to lead efforts to address child abuse in the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.

Allan Eugene Coon, a 49-year-old resident of Shawnee, KS and former Princeton resident, died on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at his home after a battle with cancer.

A 33-year-old man is being held on $1 million bail in the 2010 death of a Kansas liquor store owner.

A Shawnee, Kansas man was killed when his motorcycle crashed early Monday. The accident happened on the 75th Street exit ramp of Interstate 35 in Johnson County.

A suspected Shawnee liquor store robber is recovering Friday morning after taking police on wild chase that ended with a wrong-way crash.