Johnson County Kansas

The Yeremenko family had no clue who the Kansas City Chiefs were seven months ago. They were focused on evading Russian bombs. With the help an Olathe family, they went from escaping death in their homeland to celebrating the Chiefs' Super Bowl title in Arizona.

The Good Faith Network, an interfaith community organization combating homelessness in Johnson County, held a rally Thursday morning calling on county officials to build a comprehensive plan to reduce homelessness.

As they seek the job of chairing the Johnson County Commission, a current commissioner for Johnson County's District 3 and the mayor of Roeland Park bring different agendas to the campaign trail.

Shawnee Mission North math teacher Alex Morris was booked into Johnson County jail on Wednesday. He is charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of a child.

A new initiative pairs an artist with conservation efforts to remove the invasive species of bush honeysuckle in Johnson County’s parks.

Despite producing no evidence to support his claims about the 2020 and 2021 elections, Calvin Hayden is now calling his months-long, taxpayer-funded probe a “criminal investigation” and has rebuffed requests for records related to his office’s work on the matter.

With the Omicron variant in Wyandotte County and COVID-19 numbers rising, health directors in Clay County, Missouri and Johnson County, Kansas see problems ahead.

The fashion merchandising and design department at Johnson County Community College is teaming up with the Johnson County Museum for a new exhibit with a 1950s focus.

Rev. Thomas Johnson was a slaveholder and led the “Bogus Legislature” that sought to install Kansas as a slave state before the Civil War. But rather than renaming Johnson County, the Charter Commission may decide to change its namesake.

The Johnson County Museum is turning itself into a low-sensory environment on the first Monday of every month.

A new collaborative is focusing on the importance of supporting Black organizations in Kansas City and the Johnson County Museum is making itself accommodating to children with sensory processing differences.

As Missouri and Kansas move through the phases of their vaccine distribution plans, local counties are allowing residents to sign up to be notified when they're eligible.