By Roxie Hammill Residents of Lenexa and Shawnee might have felt a little déjà vu, had they been listening in on the discussion recently in an Overland Park committee meeting.
By Roxie Hammill Lenexans will be invited this year to get out their crystal balls and gaze into the future, then bring what they see to the city’s long-range visioning
By Roxie Hammill Lenexa has begun a process to ensure its streets are more accessible to pedestrians, bicyclists, bus riders and the handicapped. The city will begin looking for a
By Roxie Hammill Smoking will soon be more restricted on Lenexa’s Civic Center grounds and in the parking garage after Lenexa officials presented a plan to create a more consistent
By Jerry LaMartina Paychecks for some of Lenexa’s city workers are on their way up. The Lenexa City Council unanimously approved a resolution at its Tuesday night meeting approving increases
By Roxie Hammill Three Lenexa shopping centers along the Quivira Road corridor are ripe for redevelopment, possibly into “lifestyle centers,” according to consultants hired by the city to improve the
The best place to live in all of Kansas is right here in the Shawnee Mission area, according to a new list from Money magazine. Money’s new Best Places to
By Jerry LaMartina The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will assess soil and groundwater at three sites in two Lenexa parks for possible contamination attributed to the Pride Cleaners
By Jerry LaMartina Bill Nicks and Corey Hunt were sworn in this week as the Lenexa City Council’s newest members on the same evening the council was given a presentation
By Jerry LaMartina Lenexa residents love the place they call home. That’s the conclusion of a 2017 citizen survey conducted by the Olathe-based ETC Institute in November and December. The
Lenexa’s Parks and Recreation department this week released its 2018 events calendar, including high-profile events like the city’s art fair, the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle and the annual Spinach Festival.
By Jerry LaMartina The Lenexa City Council has approved a 20-year renewal of a special-use permit for Sprint Corp. to continue operating a 150-foot wireless tower at 11030 Lackman Road
By Roxie Hammill A three-panel mosaic by Lawrence artist and Caldecott award-winning children’s book author Stephen T. Johnson will become part of the new Johnson County library Lenexa branch. The
Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe on Wednesday announced that his office had completed its review of the officer-involved shooting at the Lenexa Costco Nov. 26 and determined that the
By Jerry LaMartina A proposed tax-increment financing (TIF) project with a private hospital and a mixed-use office, retail and multifamily residential component on the northwest corner of 87th Street and
