Also from July 1
On the street
Photos
Polls
Would you be willing to pay a 5 percent franchise fee on utilities to help maintsin city services?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes. | 55% | |
| No. | 44% | |
| Total | 27 | |
Videos
All stories
- Commuter Forecast for July 1, 2009
- July 1, 2009
- Because of road construction, expect a few minutes of delay on Highway 24 on the north side Topeka. There is also bridge construction between Lawrence and Kansas City from milepost 202 to 236.
- Watson gave SMNW a steady hand to count on
- Alicia Watson is the Dispatch’s SMNW Female Senior Athlete of the Year
- July 1, 2009
- If you have been at a Shawnee Mission Northwest sporting event in the last three years, then you’ve probably seen her.
- Fancher blazed a trail on field, track
- Mark Fancher is the Dispatch’s SMNW Male Senior Athlete of the Year
- July 1, 2009
- Blink and you might have missed him. Just ask the opposition.
- Budget picture remains gloomy
- City manager warns no more 1-time fixes
- July 1, 2009
- Tough decisions face the Shawnee City Council this month as it considers the city’s 2010 budget.
- Letter: Strange questions
- July 1, 2009
- To the editor: Some say history is a collection of names and dates. But I say, history is the story of what really happened.
- ‘Green Commute Challenge’ starts July 6
- July 1, 2009
- Employees at Kansas City area companies will “go green and save green” during the annual Green Commute Challenge, a competition that encourages employees of participating organizations to reduce driving alone and save money on their commutes.
- Relay draws teams fighting for cancer cure
- July 1, 2009
- With their pink boxing gloves, members of the Friends for a Cure team at the Shawnee/Lenexa Relay for Life were out to fight a foe much worse than Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago and Tommy Gunn.
- Other county cities offer fireworks display alternatives for 4th of July
- July 1, 2009
- Shawnee and Lenexa may have cancelled their annual fireworks display at Shawnee Mission Park due to budget woes, but other displays will still take place in Johnson County.
- Terminally ill hairdresser donates locks
- July 1, 2009
- As a hairdresser for 30 years, Donna Gray of Shawnee is no stranger to haircuts.
- 18 from Shawnee complete Ironman Kansas
- July 1, 2009
- Shawnee resident Joshua Wolf was the top local finisher in the Ironman Kansas race on Sunday, June 14, at Clinton Lake State Park in Lawrence.
- Council member also donates hair to ‘Locks’
- July 1, 2009
- Donna Gray isn’t the only Shawneean who has recently supported Locks of Love. Michelle Distler, Ward IV Shawnee City Council member, also gave 12 inches of her hair to the organization June 6.
- Police calls, July 1, 2009
- July 1, 2009
- Shawnee police reports filed from June 24 to 30, 2009.
- Shawnee veteran recounts brushes with history
- July 1, 2009
- Cyrus Shockey isn’t one to talk up his military service.
Point of View
What’s your favorite place in Shawnee, and why?
“The magic bike path (75th and Pflumm) winds lazily through water and trees. I feel like I’m in fairy tale land!”
