- Shawnee teen strives for Eagle designation
- May 15, 2018
- A Mill Valley student recently completed his Eagle Scout project.
- Becky Bieker goes on ‘journey’ of a lifetime
- May 14, 2018
- Former Shawnee business owner recently appeared on two episodes of “The Journey,” an Outdoor Channel show in which host Dave Watson travels coast to coast, knocking on the doors of deserving people and surprising them with a fishing or hunting adventure.
- City of Shawnee is ‘open for solar business’ says national program
- May 11, 2018
- The city of Shawnee was recently recognized as a bronze designee in the SolSmart program.
- ‘Girls on the Run’ team celebrates Shawnee’s heroes
- May 10, 2018
- The Girls on the Run team at Clear Creek Elementary School presented area first responders with colorful homemade cupcakes.
- Old-fashioned marble tournament to take place Saturday morning
- May 9, 2018
- Marbles were one of the most popular games in the 1920s and Shawnee Town is taking the fun one step further.
- Business of the Month: Christian Brothers Automotive
- May 9, 2018
- No one wants to think about automotive repair, until they need a trusted mechanic to assess the situation with their vehicle.
- Kings of the jungle: Shawnee brothers face off in Disney’s ‘The Lion King’
- May 9, 2018
- When it comes to the sibling animosity depicted in “The Lion King,” Zion and Jonah Lang will be the first ones to tell you that life does not imitate art.
- Ready, set, go: Shawnee teens build motorized cars for disabled youth
- May 8, 2018
- Several Shawnee teenagers participated in the Geeks vs. Geeks challenge last weekend.
- Woman injured in single car crash into library construction site
- May 8, 2018
- A woman in her 60’s was injured Tuesday morning when she crashed her car into a piece of construction equipment at the construction site for the Monticello Library near 66th Street and Hilltop Road.
- Police investigating early-morning burglaries
- May 7, 2018
- Shawnee Police are investigating after two restaurants and a tire shop were broken into sometime early Monday morning.
- Two cats rescued from Merriam house fire
- May 7, 2018
- Firefighters from Overland Park and Shawnee helped two cats to safety while extinguishing a house fire at 9707 West 56th Terrace on Sunday evening.
- Pinnacle Gymnastics thrives in new western Shawnee location
- May 1, 2018
- Thirteen years ago, Pinnacle Gymnastics opened in western Shawnee with a modest 75 students. Today, it serves 1,400 students per week.
- A mattress fit for a governor: Colyer, wife tour Shawnee bedding factory
- May 1, 2018
- On late Friday morning, Gov. Jeff Colyer and his wife, Ruth, visited the Serta Simmons Bedding plant in western Shawnee to tour the facility and select mattresses for the governor’s mansion.
- Shawnee City Council approves fire station final plans, construction costs
- April 29, 2018
- A new fire station is officially underway for western Shawnee.
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!”
