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- Little revenue from Farm Aid has gone to Kansas farmers
- August 10, 2011
- Farm Aid helps dozens of organizations and thousands of farmers each year through its programs and grants. But, for those expecting their dollars from the group’s Aug. 13 concert at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park to make their way from ticket sellers to grandpa’s chicken coop, think again.
- De Soto USD 232 faculty and staff come together at annual convocation
- August 10, 2011
- The new school year is right around the corner and the faculty and staff of all De Soto USD 232 schools are ready for it, thanks to district’s annual convocation.
- African experience life-changing for former Mill Valley star Acree
- August 10, 2011
- If there’s one thing Matt Acree knows how to do, it’s living large.
- Creditworthy? Advice for parents as students hit the road with their first credit cards
- August 10, 2011
- As the fall semester draws near at area colleges and universities, the Kansas Credit Union Association offers advice, below, to parents about students and credit cards.
- Hocker Grove expansion plans presented to school board
- August 10, 2011
- Cowan said the renovations would add 12.5 teaching stations to the school’s existing 37.5.
- Bike Safety Rodeo returns
- August 10, 2011
- The seventh annual Bike Safety Rodeo is planned for 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 20 at Mill Valley High School, 5900 Monticello Road.
- JCCC board elects officers
- August 10, 2011
- The Johnson County Community College board of trustees elected officers for 2011-2012 at its July 21 meeting.
- Proposed De Soto budget has break for taxpayers
- August 10, 2011
- The De Soto school district’s proposed 2011-2012 budget has a noticeable positive note for taxpayers:
- Keeping lost companions: Shawnee funeral home a popular choice for pet cremation
- August 10, 2011
- Cremation services can include viewing of pet
- Vandalized lights perturb Flanders park users, police
- Two youths charged but crimes persist
- August 10, 2011
- Ray Mills is tired of seeing more broken-off lights every time he visits West Flanders Park. “It’s getting ridiculous,” the Shawnee resident told the City Council at a recent meeting. “Whoever approved those, they’re real thin. I could break them with a bat.”
- Redevelopment tool gets nod at 10 Quivira
- City OKs sales tax increase at center to help fund improvments
- August 10, 2011
- The Shawnee City Council on Monday created a community improvement district — a financing tool that allows property owners to increase sales tax to fund redevelopment — for 10 Quivira Plaza. It will be the city’s first such district.
- Fire investigation inconclusive
- August 10, 2011
- Shawnee fire investigators were unable to determine what sparked the blaze that destroyed Pegah’s Family Restaurant, the fire department announced Friday.
- Billboards hoped to help catch ‘Fake Beard Bandit’ who struck Shawnee bank
- August 10, 2011
- The FBI hopes plastering surveillance photos of the suspect on digital billboards will help put an end to his spree.
- Celebrating plentitude of tomatoes despite dearth of space
- August 10, 2011
- I’m not sure a gardener can have too many tomatoes. I think that’s like a quilter having too much fabric, or having too much money, or being too thin…
- Weekend dog wash raises funds for no-kill shelter
- August 10, 2011
- Shawnee’s Pooches Dog Salon is planning a pet-pampering event to help raise money for a no-kill animal shelter.
- Special Olympians to support police at games
- August 10, 2011
- Shawnee police officers will be among competitors in the upcoming Kansas Law Enforcement Summer Games.
- Annual bicycle ride set for Aug. 28 in Shawnee
- August 10, 2011
- Area bicyclists are gearing up for the 22nd annual Tour de Shawnee bike ride, planned for Aug. 28.
- After 4-year career at Mill Valley, Appleby to play baseball at ESU
- August 10, 2011
- Baseball always has been a part of Ethan Appleby’s existence. It runs deep in his family’s veins.
- Shawnee girls among best nationally in dragster competitions
- After stumble in Iowa, Bennett sisters ranked first, 7th in divisions
- August 10, 2011
- The track was unkind to the drag-racing Bennett girls this past week.
- Brownback says state is returning to feds $31.5 million health care reform grant
- August 10, 2011
- Gov. Sam Brownback on Tuesday rejected a $31.5 million grant from the federal government to implement a part of health care reform designed to allow Kansans to get the best insurance coverage possible.
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!”
