- New Oil Depot store opens
- May 10, 2012
- Matt Eaton of Shawnee is a partner in a new store opened in Merriam by Oil Depot LLC.
- Time Warner Cable awards local employee
- May 10, 2012
- Time Warner Cable has recognized Maria Burgos of Shawnee as a winner in the company’s Winners’ Circle award program.
- Walmart advances smaller Supercenter
- May 7, 2012
- The Shawnee Planning Commission will consider a revised site plan on May 21 for a long-proposed Walmart supercenter in western Shawnee.
- Street eats
- Two Shawnee businesses have joined the food truck craze
- May 4, 2012
- These aren’t the mobile cafeterias your father used to grab a chicken salad sandwich from during his lunch break.
- Arts and craft store opens
- May 4, 2012
- Elegant Creations & Treasures opened April 1 in Millcreek Center and will be hosting grand-opening festivities from May 8-12.
- Sharon Lane official named to health care leaders program
- May 2, 2012
- Brian Brown, community relations director for Sharon Lane Health Services in Shawnee, has been selected for participation in the annual Future Leaders of Long Term Care in America program.
- Downtown event upscaled
- Beauty and the Best to feature food trucks, open houses
- 12:38 p.m., April 28, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Beauty and the Best, an annual event promoting downtown Shawnee, is set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12. This year’s event will feature open houses at 21 downtown businesses, discounts and prizes, and a taste of the food-truck craze.
- Local marketing director promoted at Menorah
- April 27, 2012
- Amy Leiker, Shawnee, has been named vice president of business development and marketing at Menorah Medical Center.
- How will Shawnee spend $1 million economic development fund? Proposed incentives unveiled
- 06:30 p.m., April 24, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Improving “product” offerings is a major goal of three incentive programs unveiled last week. The programs are outlined in a proposed policy to dictate how the city uses its $1 million economic development fund, funded by landfill impact fees from Deffenbaugh Industries.
- Dispatch wins top honor in statewide press contest
- April 23, 2012
- The Dispatch news staff took the highest honor in its division Saturday at the Kansas Press Association Awards of Excellence ceremony.
- Clothing exchange store opening Saturday at 10 Quivira Plaza
- 08:00 a.m., April 17, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Rocket Clothing Exchange, a new resale clothing store in the 10 Quivira Plaza shopping center, is scheduled to open to the public on Saturday.
- Emergency preparedness consultant plans ‘chat and chew’
- 08:42 p.m., April 16, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Shawnee resident Marty Augustine is planning a chat and chew event to discuss severe weather safety and disaster preparedness and to sign copies of his preparedness book, “At Ground Zero.”
- Parade of Homes includes Shawnee addresses
- 06:00 a.m., April 10, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Nine Shawnee houses are included in the 50th annual Spring Parade of Homes, which runs from Saturday through April 29 across the metropolitan area.
- New thrift store announces partnership with charity, job openings
- 06:00 a.m., April 9, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- The Shawnee Savers, scheduled to open in mid-July, has selected Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City as its charity partner.
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