The city of Prairie Village is looking to get a depression left in the ground by wagons headed west on the Santa Fe Trail designated on the National Register of
The couple working to replace the dilapidated original Thomas Nall farmhouse with a new home that pays homage to the historic structure have unveiled their design for the project. Molly
When new Mission Mayor Ron Appletoft’s son Quinn was young, the family picked up a history book geared toward kids. For whatever reason, the section on the Pearl Harbor attacks
A congregation that had its first service 75 years ago this month in the old Fairway Theatre building that today is a Houlihan’s restaurant will be marking its big anniversary this weekend.
A Prairie Village city councilman says the violence inflicted by a white supremacist in Charlottesville this month serves as a reminder of the need to be proactive combating racist attitudes
Prairie Village resident Peter Gogol first noticed the memorial a few years ago on a run, and it has rubbed him the wrong way ever since. Situated in the wide
By Alicia Allison It was a moment to go down in Johnson County history. With hundreds of residents on hand to get their first look at the new $22.2 million
On Saturday, Johnson County’s new Arts and Heritage Center will open to the public after more than a year of renovation work, and with it the new Johnson County Museum.
Tomorrow is the big unveiling of historian Henry Fortunato’s latest Indian Creek Trail interpretive signs — but before you go see all six of the new signs in person, Fortunato
On Saturday, local history buffs can get a close up look at the new interpretive signage Henry Fortunato has led the creation of for the Indian Creek Trail. Ahead of
On Saturday, local historian Henry Fortunato will unveil the newest of the interpretive signs he’s developed for the Indian Creek Trail, an event that will feature a walk along the
Most Johnson County residents zip under the names that hang from street poles — Metcalf, Roe, Antioch — without giving them a second thought. Henry Fortunato wants to change that. [pullquote] A
The annual spectacle that is the Kentucky Derby returns to Churchill Downs on Saturday, with people across the country (including locally at Tavern In the Village in the Prairie Village
The Shawnee Indian Mission is back in year-round operation and is focused on expanding its programming. The site, with three of the oldest buildings in the State of Kansas, had
The Overland Park Presbyterian Church property, a fixture in downtown Overland Park since 1929, is for sale and the congregation would like to relocate to new space somewhere nearby. The
