Shawnee Mission

Shawnee Mission North High School teacher Jennifer Caedran Sullivan alleged that the district violated her freedom of speech and religion after she spoke in opposition to required diversity and inclusion trainings.

A 15-year-old sophomore at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School collapsed and died during football practice this month. Similar tragedies have occurred repeatedly in several states.

Ovet Gomez Regalado, a 15-year-old sophomore, is the fourth Shawnee Mission Northwest student to die in the past 14 months. A GoFundMe for his family has already raised more than $29,000.

During the first year of open enrollment in Kansas, where schools could allow students from outside their district, Olathe, Blue Valley and Shawnee Mission only accepted a few dozen applicants each.

Over the previous three school years, about 80% of donations dedicated to a particular Shawnee Mission School District school — funds brought in through PTA fundraisers as well as checks written by parents and grandparents — went to buildings with less than 20% of students on free or reduced lunch.

A white male student was caught in a cell phone video assaulting a Black female student and calling her the N-word at Shawnee Mission East high school. Both students were suspended, leading to calls for reforms from students of color.

Christina Sanabria didn't think she'd have a career in performing arts. The Johnson County native recently won her second Grammy for children's music as part of the duo 123 Andrés, whose album "We Grow Together Preschool Songs" won Best Children’s Album of the Year.

Students and community activists continue to protest Shawnee Mission East's response to a racist attack on a Black student. Several students attended Monday's school board meeting with duct tape over their mouths, bearing messages like “We don’t feel safe” and “Protect us.”

A white male student at Shawnee Mission East High School was charged with aggravated battery after calling a Black female student the N-word and attacking her. A number of students walked out of class over the school's handling of the incident, and another protest is planned for Thursday.

Halley Vincent, a freshman at Shawnee Mission North, recently opened Seven Stories book shop with her mom in downtown Shawnee, Kansas. Vincent is now the youngest member of the American Booksellers Association, an organization of independent booksellers.

The city of Mission has terminated its multi-million dollar deal to bring a new, $270 million mixed-use development to the long-vacant Mission Gateway site. The reason: Its owner failed to pay property taxes. Now it's back to the drawing board.

The city of Mission said it decided to terminate its deal to bring a $270 million mixed-use development to the long-vacant Mission Gateway site, after the owner failed to pay almost half a million dollars in property taxes by deadline.