Audio clips
Births
Chats
Couples
- Engagement: Kelly and Bishop
- Anniversary: Manis
- Wedding: Englander and Lemon
- Wedding: Cordill
- Wedding: Cordill
- Engagement: Uhlig and Gassner
- Engagement: Craighead and Funk
- Anniversary: VanMeerhaeghe
Obituaries
On the street
- What was your best day ever?
- Do you think Shawnee taxpayer dollars should be used to pay for the city’s first-ever public information officer?
- In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, some believe more surveillance cameras should be placed in American cities. What do you think?
- How has the latest act of terror on U.S. soil, the bombings in Boston, affected you personally?
- What books or magazines are on your reading stand right now?
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
How many graduation ceremonies are you attending this month?
| Response | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 40% | ||
| 1 | 36% | ||
| 2 | 13% | ||
| 5 | 4% | ||
| More than 5 | 4% | ||
| 3 | 0% | ||
| 4 | 0% | ||
| Total | 22 | ||
| Note: This is not a scientific poll. | Vote | ||
Videos
- Food: When it comes to creating the perfect burger, less is more
- May 22, 2013
- So what makes a great burger? There are a few simple rules. But if you remember just one of them, it should be that less really is more.
- Graduates encouraged to take pride in themselves, persevere
- 12:00 a.m., May 22, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- More than 1,050 students at Shawnee Mission North, Shawnee Mission Northwest and Mill Valley High School said goodbye to their high school years during graduation ceremonies that took place throughout last week.
- Mill Valley girls soccer cruises to state semifinals
- May 21, 2013
- Other than several shot on goal hitting the post or crossbar, the Mill Valley girls soccer team suffered few setbacks during its 6-1 win over Lansing in the quarterfinals of the girls state soccer tournament Tuesday night in Shawnee.
- Shawnee Mission school board approves $1.8 million update to communication portal
- 08:03 p.m., May 21, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- By the start of the 2014-15 school year, students, parents and teachers in the Shawnee Mission school district are expected to have access to a new and improved method of communication.
- Click it or Ticket around the corner in Shawnee
- May 21, 2013
- The Shawnee Police Department started its Click It or Ticket campaign Monday.
- Shawnee man wins prestigious volunteer award
- May 21, 2013
- In 2012, volunteers in the United States donated 8 billion hours of their time valued at more than $170 billion, according to Independent Sector, a networking organization for nonprofits, foundations and corporate giving programs.
- Dispatch office closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day
- May 21, 2013
- The Dispatch office will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day.
- Shawnee Police to conduct DUI, driver’s license check
- May 21, 2013
- The Shawnee Police Department and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint starting the evening of Saturday, June 1, and finishing early Sunday, June 2. Motorists can expect to be briefly detoured through the checkpoint at an undisclosed location.
- Shawnee Park Christian Church to have free family movie night June 1
- May 21, 2013
- Shawnee Park Christian Church will have a free family movie night at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at the church, 16500 Midland Dr., Shawnee.
- Golf Classic event raises nearly $135,000
- May 21, 2013
- The 32nd Annual Ben and Betty Zarda Golf Classic raised nearly $135,000 last week.
- Yoder discusses gun control, education during Shawnee visit
- May 21, 2013
- The economy, education, gun control and the IRS were just a few topics discussed last week when U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., had a town hall meeting at Shawnee Town Hall.
- KU makes sudden change to Statehouse presence
- May 21, 2013
- Lobbyist, strategy changes
- Moran seeks fall interns for D.C., Kansas offices
- May 21, 2013
- Applications due May 31
- Two men arrested in connection with Sunday morning Lawrence shooting
- May 21, 2013
- Both men arrested from Topeka
- FreedomWorks urges Kansas to reject Common Core
- May 21, 2013
- Group fears educational standards would put Washington in control
- McKee, St. James track program continue strides at regionals
- May 21, 2013
- Along with McKee, St. James was teeming with solid performances during Friday’s 5A regional track and field meet at Bishop Miege. The program has made monumental strides this year and its depth is beginning to surface.
- Mill Valley to send bulk of track and field team to state
- May 21, 2013
- The Mill Valley coaches’ circle had no complaints. For the Jaguars, the 5A regional track meet had records broken and breakout performances and the boys and girls teams each finished third overall. But there was a small discussion on travel. About 30 athletes qualified for state, which is normal for the Jaguars, but the coaches didn’t expect this year’s number to be that high.
- State golf roundup: St. James 2nd; Casburn leads Mill Valley; SMNW’s Bolton 11th
- May 20, 2013
- Jack Reilly led the St. James Academy boys golf team at the 5A tournament on Monday in Overland Park. Reilly finished in a tie for third after shooting a 74 and the Thunder (309) finished second in the team standings, behind only Kapaun Mt. Carmel’s 303.
- Maranatha track and field athletes state-bound
- May 20, 2013
- Caroline Bingham not only qualified for state at Friday’s 2A regional meet at Yates Center, she enters the season’s final meet with a trio of state-best times.
- St. James sixth; Mill Valley’s McLeod advances to state swim consolation finals
- May 18, 2013
- The St. James Academy girls swim and dive team placed fifth at the Class 5-1A state swimming and diving championships at the Capitol Federal Natatorium on Saturday. Meanwhile, Mill Valley’s Sherry McLeod advanced to meet’s consolation finals in the 100-yard backstroke in the Jaguars’ first state appearance.
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