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- Library plans alter zoning
- April 19, 2006
- Shawnee Planning Commissioners approved new designations for property and streets Monday, including paving the way for a possible Monticello branch of the Johnson County Library.
- Seniors can get franchise refunds
- April 19, 2006
- Senior citizens have just a little more than a week to apply for refunds for franchise taxes.
- Opinion: The Legislature must act now
- April 19, 2006
- Next week, the Kansas Legislature returns for its veto session and guess what? Our elected representatives have yet to reach agreement on the one thing that everyone knew, going in, had to be resolved this session — school finance.
- Guest Commentary: CASA gives hope to children
- April 19, 2006
- April is the first full month of spring: a season associated with fresh beginnings and budding life. It's also a month dedicated to raising awareness about child abuse and neglect. Why should you care? Because in the United States, more than a million children are abused, neglected or abandoned each year. Every ten seconds, a child is abused somewhere in this country. And, on average, more than three children die each day as the result of parental maltreatment. Those are harrowing statistics.
- Run for Mercy will raise funds for AIDS victims
- April 19, 2006
- It's been a year since Schaun Colin's dream to build a home for AIDS-orphaned children in his native South Africa came true.
- Automotive business moves to new high-tech shop in Shawnee
- April 19, 2006
- After 30 years in business, an area auto shop has picked up and moved to new facilities in Shawnee.
- Tidy Town planned April 29 and May 6
- April 19, 2006
- Shawnee may set aside stormwater standards
- April 19, 2006
- The Public Works and Safety Committee Tuesday was scheduled to discuss allowing two new subdivisions along Clear Creek pay a fee rather than provide stormwater detention facilities.
- Legislator hopes for compromise on bill
- April 19, 2006
- Although she hopes the Senate will go along with a House bill that pumps additional money into schools, Rep. Stephanie Sharp, R-Shawnee, is concerned that senators don't feel the same immediacy as House members.
- 2-year-old drowns in home pool
- April 19, 2006
- The Shawnee Police Department is investigating circumstances surrounding the drowning of a 2-year-old boy Friday.
- Shawnee teen charged in fatal wreck
- April 19, 2006
- A 16-year-old Shawnee girl has been charged with reckless involuntary manslaughter in the death of 15-year-old Haley Vanlerberg.
- Man is sought in sexual assault
- April 19, 2006
- Shawnee Police are looking for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old boy.
- Donkeyball
- Shawnee Mission North students find creative ways to donate
- April 19, 2006
- Shawnee Mission North students want to donate to charities so much they're willing to ride donkeys for their cause.
- Teen’s alcohol-free choice makes her a winner
- April 19, 2006
- When her friends at school wanted to drink, Hannah Jennison found the strength to tell them, “No.”
- Opinion: What’s with the uniforms?
- April 19, 2006
- Have you ever wondered what it would look like if Shawnee Mission Northwest basketball coach Ben Meseke suited up in game shorts and a jersey for his team's basketball games?
- River City Sweep
- Northwest baseball team moves to 9-0 with weekend sweep
- April 19, 2006
- Pitching paved the way for the Shawnee Mission Northwest baseball team last weekend.
- Jags keep finding ways to win
- April 19, 2006
- Last Thursday against a young Tonganoxie team that had won three straight games, Mill Valley struggled offensively, but played opportunistic baseball and was able to get the sweep.
- Jones dominant for Lady Cougars
- April 19, 2006
- Even the wind couldn't cool off the Shawnee Mission Northwest softball team last week.
- Lady Jaguars suffer first league loss of the season
- April 19, 2006
- The Mill Valley softball team must have crossed paths with a black cat last Thursday.
- Cougars finish near the top at O-East
- April 19, 2006
- Behind the accomplished distance running of senior Bret Imgrund, the Shawnee Mission Northwest boys track and field team earned a second-place finish last weekend at Olathe East.
- More records fall for Mill Valley track team
- April 19, 2006
- Mill Valley's track team had to make some adjustments last week at the Shawnee Mission West meet.
- Design change results in delay of gateway park
- Virginia contractor working out engineering issues to properly hang pioneer mural
- April 19, 2006
- Eight months after its intended arrival, the city of Shawnee has run into troubles with the three-dimensional mural that was to be the centerpiece of the city's gateway park.
- County seeks sales-tax consensus
- April 19, 2006
- Johnson County commissioners appear ready to share a sales tax they don't yet have as a way of increasing the chances of getting the additional taxing authority they covet.
- Inmate charged in 1998 deaths of girl, boyfriend
- April 19, 2006
- Sgt. Kerri Hall said she hopes the charges newly filed against Brandon B. Howell will convince him to reveal the location of Tabitha Brewer's body.
- Survey supports smoke ban
- April 19, 2006
- A recent survey has indicated that if smoking were restricted in Johnson County restaurants, residents would go out to eat more often.
- Readers’ photos sought
- April 19, 2006
- Readers can now submit their favorite photos for special galleries on the Dispatch Web site.
- De Soto schools accept bids for 71st Street Elementary
- April 19, 2006
- De Soto school board members accepted bids at Tuesday's meeting for the new elementary school under construction at 71st and Choteau.
- Obituary: Douglas Burt
- April 19, 2006
- Obituary: Robert G. Goodman
- April 19, 2006
- Obituary: Connie Jo Walsh
- April 19, 2006
Talking points
Where is your favorite spot to view fireworks July 4?
“Home, sweet home. We like spending it at grandma’s house.”
