The Johnson County administration building in downtown Olathe, where the county commission meets, has serious security deficiencies that need to be addressed by scanning people as they come and go,
A countywide rule requiring face masks for elementary school children through sixth grade was lifted today by the Johnson County Commission amidst a background of steadily dropping numbers of coronavirus
Johnson County Commission Chairman Ed Eilert announced today he will not run for another term in this fall’s election. Eilert, who has served as chairman since 2011, sent an email
The Kansas Supreme Court is taking up a “dark store” theory case involving Johnson County and Walmart. Johnson County has asked the state’s highest court to reconsider a decision by
Former Kansas state Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer has announced in intention to run for the chairmanship of the Johnson County Commission this year. Background: A certified public accountant, Selzer served
Johnson County could be in line to get millions of dollars after joining a statewide opioid settlement agreement. In December, the Board of County Commissioners voted to enter into the
Crowded hospitals and a winter surge of sickness from the highly transmissible Omicron variant trumped emotional pleas against face masks Thursday, as Johnson County commissioners decided to let stand a
Roeland Park Mayor Mike Kelly on Thursday became the fourth candidate to enter the race next year for chairmanship of the Johnson County Commission. Kelly, who is also chairman of
A proposal to make the county clerk, register of deeds and treasurer into elected offices failed to advance during the first round of voting Monday as the Johnson County Charter
Although much attention in Johnson County is currently focused on municipal and other local races in the Nov. 2 election, a wide open contest is also developing for the top
An electronic program designed to keep track of items in the property room of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office that was implemented just two years ago has not done its
Eight inmates at Johnson County’s New Century Adult Detention Center have tested positive for COVID-19 and are being isolated from the other inmates in the Gardner facility, Sheriff Calvin Hayden
Education and brochures haven’t reduced the number of stray bullets flying in parts of rural Johnson County. Now law enforcement, the county commission and its legal department are considering a
County planners and landowners are getting ready for a radically different type of farm planned for the area west of Gardner. Once it’s operational, the West Gardner Solar Project by
A divided Board of County Commissioners voted to appoint Emily Coleman, a frequent critic of Johnson County’s health order requiring masks in public places, to a county zoning board. On
