Johnson County News

Johnson County prosecutors have charged an Independence man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Lenexa on Monday.Clark L. Montgomery, 32, was in custody Thursday after he was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and with driving with a suspended license.Rita F. Huscher, 84, of Olathe, was killed in the Monday ...

Johnson County Med-Act has been selected as a finalist for the 2009 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.

Almost as certainly as the sun rises and sets, you're bound to run into traffic jams at the Interstate 435/Interstate 35 interchange every day.

LENEXA, Kan. a ' Police are searching for the driver responsible for a deadly hit and run Monday on southbound K-7 Highway just north of 95th Street in Johnson County.

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

Grissom, convicted in the 1989 murders of three young women, is one of Johnson County's most notorious killers.

Police have charged a teen with reckless driving in connection with a two-car crash west of Olathe this afternoon that involved 12 people, including five sent to the hospital with minor injuries.Authorities said a Mercury Marquis loaded with four teens was apparently drag racing west on 135th Street when it plowed into a Toyota mini-van as it ...

The First National Bank of Anthony, known in this market as the First National Bank of Johnson County, became the nation's 40th bank to fail this year.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a 'Wednesday night thunderstorms knocked out power to thousands across the metro, and there are still about 2,200 customers without electricity in Johnson County Thursday morning.

Demands for food assistance in Johnson County have increased 21 percent in the first five months of this year compared to the same period in 2008, and to help satisfy that need, the county recently kicked off its 2009 Feed the Need campaign.

Johnson County Wastewater has received the green light to conduct a green audit of its overall operations and facilities.

Squeezed by the recession, two mainstays of the Johnson County country club scene plan to merge their operations.Subject to member approval, Meadowbrook Country Club in Prairie Village and Brookridge Country Club in Overland Park will combine, the president of Meadowbrook said Thursday.

Area law enforcement agencies will conduct sobriety checkpoints June 19th & 26th.

As the case continues to unfold against the man accused of killing Wichita abortion provider Dr.

A suburban Kansas City man has pleaded guilty in a drunken driving crash that killed a French exchange student at the University of Kansas as he pushed a stalled vehicle.

In this economic climate, many people are curtailing extravagances and curbing extravagant habits.

It could soon be open season at Shawnee Mission Park. Johnson County, Kan. park officials released their recommendation Wednesday for how to control the deer population.

It's not just Overland Park seeing a good chunk of change from federal stimulus dollars... the entire metro has felt an impact!! So says Ed Desoignie who is Executive Director of the Heavy Construction Association.

A man who overdosed at a California hotel during a standoff with police has been charged with first-degree murder in his estranged wife's death in Johnson County, Kan.

From Joe Lambe: A man who overdosed in California when surrounded by police has been charged with first-degree murder in Johnson County for the death of his wife Monday, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said this morning.