Johnson County’s two top law enforcement officials raised eyebrows with comments they made recently at a “Back the Blue” rally in Overland Park. At the event, Johnson County Sheriff Calvin
The Shawnee Mission Post is making much of its local coverage of the coronavirus pandemic accessible to non-subscribers. (If you value having a news source covering the situation in our
A split Johnson County Board of County Commissioners voted to reprimand Commissioner Mike Brown Thursday for a message posted on his personal Facebook page last weekend that warned of impending
After hours of impassioned, angry and, at times, teary pleas from some 60 speakers, the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners voted narrowly Thursday to extend a mask mandate until
Note: The Shawnee Mission Post is making much of its local coverage of the coronavirus pandemic accessible to non-subscribers. (If you value having a news source covering the situation in
A plan to cut some Johnson County bus routes and change operating times of others has been put on hold for now because of the coronavirus outbreak. Talks about expanding
As Johnson County’s cases of COVID-19 continue to increase, county commissioners expressed alarm that information on hospital bed capacity is inaccurate. Commissioners have been asking about a change in hospital
The budget fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has been bad, but not as bad as expected in Johnson County. A first look at a 2021 county budget showed that although
After many reassurances about data privacy and government oversight, the Johnson County Commission approved a $4.1 million expansion of its public health department budget to pay for contact tracing, testing
An aging population vulnerable to the most severe effects of COVID-19 has prompted Johnson County Commissioner Steve Klika to suggest a massive reorganization of the county’s aging services. Klika asked,
Johnson County leadership needs to do more to acknowledge the racism in the county’s past and to seek out ways to change, Commissioner Janeé Hanzlick said Thursday. Hanzlick was joined
Johnson County voters in November will decide whether they want to end the last vestiges of the county’s dry liquor laws and allow businesses to sell alcoholic drinks without also
A badly split and at times angry county commission broke down in confusion Thursday over what its role should be in advising future safe practices for businesses now that Gov.
With less than two weeks to go before its contract runs out, the Johnson County Household Hazardous Waste program has hit a snag at the county commission. Discussion of a
County Commissioner Mike Brown, an outspoken skeptic of restrictions that have kept non-essential businesses closed for six weeks, is putting the word out that the courts are an option for
