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Even though Johnson County no longer requires masks to be worn in public, local police departments maintain that reaching a peaceful resolution is preferable to arrests and charges.
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Michael Ahlers was the administrator of the med center’s occupational therapy education department from around 2001 to 2015.
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In some of Johnson County's biggest cities, the increase in the number of stolen vehicles from 2019 to 2020 was over 40%. Police remain unsure about the reason but think the dramatic increase may be tied to the pandemic and economic troubles.
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Dining in is once again possible in and around Kansas City, with COVID-related practices in place. Customers seem happy, but some restaurants are struggling to keep up with the competing demands of the times.
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As people with gym memberships throughout the Kansas City metro have transitioned to online workouts at home — in coronavirus times, "working in" is the…
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Organist Jacob Hofeling started working at St. Luke's Episcopal Church on Christmas Eve.He'd moved to Lawrence to get a doctorate in organ performance at…
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Segment 1: Derrick Rieke is an unlikely but powerful LGBTQ rights advocate in his community.When Derrick Rieke spoke out, at a Shawnee City Council…
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Segment 1: What's up in northeast Johnson County?As part of our continuing conversations with community newspaper editors, here's some inside perspective…
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Updated 2:30 p.m. August 14After several hours of public testimony and discussion lasting well past midnight on Tuesday, a Shawnee City Council committee…
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Segment 1: Normally obscure ballots in Kansas county drawing greater attentionWithout a high-profile race for governor or Congress, the Johnson County,…
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A cold, snowy winter left Kansas City roadways riddled with potholes. Now, historic amounts of rain have delayed public works crews' ability to fix…
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Shelley Staib held the "best job ever" for 30 years. In 1975, the Shawnee writer was one of the first women to become a lineman for Bell Systems. The…