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A bill in the Kansas Legislature that aims to transfer the ownership of the Shawnee Indian Mission from the state to the Shawnee Tribe is already gaining more traction in 2024 than it did a year ago when it...
“Active adult” apartments in Fairway are under construction. This is connected to a more than 200-unit apartment complex geared toward people ages 55 and older being built off Shawnee Mission Parkway at the former Fairway Corporate Center. Construction began in early...
The Fairway Police Department is receiving an outpouring of support following the death of Officer Jonah Oswald. Oswald died earlier this week after being shot during a shootout at a Mission QuikTrip on Sunday morning. The incident began with a report...
A Tennessee woman was charged Tuesday with four counts related to a high-speed chase and subsequent standoff at a Johnson County gas station Sunday that ended with a Fairway police officer and a second suspect dead. Andrea Rene Cothran, 32,...
A plan to convert 74 acres of undeveloped land at 175th Street and Pflumm Road to apartments, villas and shops had promise, members of the Overland Park Planning Commission said. But in the end, concerns about its density caused commissioners...
Fairway Police say despite consistent congestion and a recent collision near a prominent spot, the highly trafficked area of Shawnee Mission Parkway near the Fairway Shops isn't that accident prone, at least compared to other major intersections along the...
StretchLab, which bills itself as an "assisted stretching studio," is now open for business in the Fairway Shops. Where exactly? The studio is located at 2712 W. 53rd St., in a storefront two doors down from Rainy Day Books. Co-owner...
Drivers in Fairway may have noticed — and residents in that pocket of northeast Johnson County may have heard — some major construction work happening along Shawnee Mission Parkway. Or deconstruction, as it were. Driving the news: The work is...
Rainy Day Books, a longtime Fairway bookstore, is officially changing ownership. The upshot: After announcing plans to retire in May, Rainy Day Books owner Vivien Jennings and chief operations officer Roger Doeren are officially selling the bookstore to Made In...
Fairway Police are investigating at least three car thefts and some other auto burglaries that occurred over the weekend, according to Chief J.P. Thurlo. What we know: The thefts and break-ins all occurred either late on Friday night, Aug. 5, or...
The Fairway Planning Commission this week unanimously approved plans for a proposed $65-$70 million “active adult” apartment complex at the vacant Fairway Office Park in the 4200 block of Shawnee Mission Parkway. At its meeting Monday night, the commission approved...
For 47 years, Vivien Jennings and Roger Doeren have remained the friendly faces customers could expect to see at Rainy Day Books, an iconic local bookstore in the Fairway Shops along Shawnee Mission Parkway. But that will soon change. Jennings and...