All stories
- KU proposes even larger tuition increase in response to budget cuts
- University now requesting 5 percent increase instead of 4 percent increase proposed last month
- June 13, 2016
- Kansas University is now proposing a 5 percent tuition increase for the upcoming school year, an even larger hike than the 4 percent increase proposed a month ago.
- Kansas attorney general asks court to back off threat to close schools
- June 13, 2016
- Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking the state Supreme Court to back off its threat to close public schools over funding inequities, arguing that Gov. Sam Brownback and legislative leaders have vowed to address the issue in an upcoming special session.
- Photos sought of Shawnee men killed in Vietnam War
- June 13, 2016
- The “Faces Never Forgotten” program, part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in Washington, D.C., is seeking photos of 17 of the 49 Johnson County men who died in Vietnam.
- Shawnee police arrest disruptive resident
- June 13, 2016
- During the arrest, the suspect struggled, causing minor injury to one officer.
- Shawnee Chamber of Commerce welcomes new face
- June 13, 2016
- The Shawnee Chamber of Commerce recently announced Tim Earp has joined the chamber as a Membership Representative.
- Special Olympics Kansas receives huge donation
- June 13, 2016
- Amerigroup recently donated $25,000 to Special Olympics Kansas, to promote health and wellness programs and provide health screenings to all athletes of the 2016 summer games.
- Area Students receive Chamber Foundation scholarship
- June 13, 2016
- Justin Curto, a graduate of Mill Valley High School, and Danielle Rehor, a graduate of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, were the recipients of this year’s Betty Charlton Scholarship.
- Lenexa business seeks future plumbers
- June 13, 2016
- Anthony Plumbing Heating & Cooling, 15203 W 99th St., Lenexa, will have a job fair 4-7 p.m. Wednesday in hopes of finding future plumbers.
- Shawnee FedEx employee looks back as he moves forward
- June 13, 2016
- Less than a decade ago, Kevin Nichols was loading packages onto trucks from midnight until the wee hours of the morning. Now, he’s the man in charge.
- St. James falls in KAMO Shootout quarterfinals
- June 13, 2016
- With less than three minutes remaining in its KAMO Shootout upper varsity quarterfinal game against Republic (Mo.), St. James found itself down by five with time not on its side as it fell 40-38 in overtime.
- SJA alumnus drafted by Pirates
- June 13, 2016
- Matt Eckelman was lounging around on Saturday when his phone rang. It was the Pittsburgh Pirates notifying him he would be selected with the penultimate pick in the 21st round.
- Sister city bond strengthens as German firefighters visit Shawnee
- June 13, 2016
- The Erfurt, Germany fire department and the Shawnee fire department have a special friendship that “transcends fire 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!”
