Also from July 8
On the street
Photos
Polls
How much of the Michael Jackson memorial service coverage did you watch?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| None. He’s no Thriller to me. | 60% | |
| Less than an hour. I couldn’t take much more. | 23% | |
| As much as I could, although not all of it. | 12% | |
| From wire-to-wire. I couldn’t get enough coverage. | 4% | |
| Total | 115 | |
Videos
All stories
- Police calls, July 8, 2009
- July 8, 2009
- Shawnee police reports filed from July 1 to 7, 2009.
- Lenexa Police seek help in solving armed robbery
- July 8, 2009
- The Lenexa Police Department is seeking the public’s help in solving an armed robbery that occurred shortly after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Fuel Trip, 8500 Quivira Road.
- Commuter forecast for July 8, 2009
- July 8, 2009
- Expect minor delays on the morning commute. Also watch for temperatures to get up near 90 degrees as the day moves along.
- Musician to mark 50 years behind organ
- July 8, 2009
- Playing an organ is, in a way, a dying art form.
- Bride turns into detective
- July 8, 2009
- Charges are pending for a man who police say stole several items during a wedding reception in Shawnee.
- Fundraiser for kids, by kids
- Shawnee family organizes bike-a-thon
- July 8, 2009
- One Shawnee 5-year-old’s desire to help children who have been abused or are in foster care has turned into an event for the whole community.
- De Soto School Board balks at tax breaks for TIF district
- July 8, 2009
- De Soto USD 232 Board of Education is protesting Shawnee’s second tax increment financing district, a third of which falls within the school district’s boundary.
- Districts to share in state’s cutbacks
- Shawnee Mission, De Soto see state aid cut another $2.5 million
- July 8, 2009
- Another round of state budget cuts is being felt in the Shawnee Mission and De Soto school districts.
- Hendee constantly strove to improve
- July 8, 2009
- Alex Hendee is The Shawnee Dispatch’s Shawnee Mission North Male Senior Athlete of the Year.
- Name foreshadows career of SMN senior
- July 8, 2009
- Storm Simons is The Shawnee Dispatch’s Shawnee Mission North Female Senior Athlete of the Year.
- New member seated on board
- July 8, 2009
- Despite the many changes De Soto USD 232 has experienced since Tammy Thomas was elected to the Board of Education in April, Thomas’ focus as a new board member has not changed.
- Neighbors: Jeff Kilgore
- July 8, 2009
- Introducing Jeff Kilgore of Shawnee.
- Mill Valley’s Van Holland to continue wrestling career in OKC
- July 8, 2009
- With just a couple years of middle school wrestling under his belt as opposed to a decade of kids club competition, Josh Van Holland was among the most inexperienced members of the Mill Valley High School wrestling team four years ago.
- Census estimate puts city’s 2008 population at 60,954
- July 8, 2009
- The U.S. Census population estimates for city populations as July 1, 2008, seem to be in line with numbers Shawnee city staff uses, if only a bit larger.
- Hocker Grove student enjoys D.C. visit, competition
- July 8, 2009
- Kirk Bado earned the chance to represent Kansas in the essay portion of the National History Day Competition in April after placing second in the state competition.
- Teacher gives update on return of popular class
- July 8, 2009
- Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students at Monticello Trails Middle School will have the opportunity to take the popular museum connections course again this school year.
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Point of View
Do you think it is important for Shawnee to be bicycle-friendly?
I think it’s important. I do love and use the paths, but it would be nice to have lanes so we could use bikes to run errands - saving gas!
