A longtime city staffer, a veteran city councilmember and former mayor, and a proprietor of one of the area’s best known locally owned businesses were recipients of this year’s Prairie
For the third time in eight years of competing, rising Shawnee Mission East freshman Audrey Bethay has won first place in her division at the National Braille Challenge. Ever since
Two Lenexa authors made the Kansas Notable Books list this year. Jamie Lynn Heller and Daniel Miyares are among 15 authors whose books made the 14th annual selection of Kansas
Two Shawnee Mission high school students are among the 10 finalists in this year’s KC SuperStar competition. Now in its tenth year, KC SuperStar is an “American Idol” format singing
A dozen area students are among the announced winners of this year’s National Merit Scholarships. The local scholarship recipients fall into two categories: The National Merit Scholarship Corporation financed awards,
Juliana Gogol, a graduate of Shawnee Mission East who now studies fashion design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, has received a $35,000 scholarship named for her school’s founder,
High school debate tournaments are grueling endeavors — especially if you’re successful enough to advance into the final rounds. So by the time graduated SM East seniors Luke Bledsoe and Jet
The 911 calls just kept coming in. An apartment in Lenexa was engulfed in flames. Maria Moreno, a dispatcher for the Johnson County Emergency Communications Center, was fresh out of
Two Shawnee Mission School District students were among the top honorees in this year’s Blue Star Awards, which recognize outstanding performances and productions in high school musical theatre. Janie Carr,
Johnson County native Kayleigh Shaffer, a University of Kansas junior studying theatre design, has received a First Place National award for Sound Design at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre
For the second year in a row, Shawnee Mission Northwest student Reis Miller has won first place in SkillsUSA state competition for his culinary prowess. With winning first place, the
The League of Women Voters of Johnson County honored two Shawnee Mission area elected leaders and three third-grade teachers at Rosehill Elementary School for their efforts to “make democracy work.”
Shawnee Mission School District high schools again fared well in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best secondary schools in the country. But the district boasts
Colby Gallup, a junior at Shawnee Mission West, recently achieved a perfect 36 composite score on his ACT. He said he was proud of his achievements. “I was pretty happy,
Anastacia Mendoza, a Lenexa resident and senior at St. James Academy, is one of three students to earn K-State’s Presidential Scholarships this year. The scholarship, which provides $80,000 in total
