Mr. Goodcents Foundation is leading the effort to create greater senior mobility and recently announced a partnership with the JOCO Sight Impaired Fellowship DE SOTO, KS, February 07, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Mr.

The weather is forcing several area school districts to cancel afternoon and evening activities.The Olathe School District canceled junior high practices and activities for tonight.

Kansas Democratic Party Chairman Larry Gates is focused on finding someone willing to be the Democratic candidate for the 3rd District congressional seat.

Clark Montgomery is headed to prison.A Johnson County judge ordered him to spend 50 months in prison for killing 84-year-old art teacher Rita Huscher in a June hit-and-run wreck.

Snow-packed roads and bitterly cold temperatures prompted many school and government officials to cancel classes and meetings on Thursday and Friday.The Kansas districts of Kansas City, Kan.

The cold and snowy conditions have forced several area school districts to cancel classes again on Friday.

Several school districts already have been announced closings for Thursday ahead of the latest round on heavy snow and dangerous cold weather.Thursday classes have been canceled for several Kansas school districts including Kansas City, Kan., Blue Valley, Olathe, Shawnee Mission, Piper, De Soto, Gardner Edgerton, Spring Hill, Leavenworth, Bonner ...

Icy, snow-packed roads were contributing to multiple crashes during this mornings rush hour.Crews were responding to a multi-vehicle crash about 8:15 a.m. Monday along southbound Interstate 435 south of Missouri 210.

This past year was one filled with new faces in Louisburg USD 416. The resignation of former Superintendent Rick Doll topped the list of administration vacancies in 2009, while Deborah Blancarte's resignation from Broadmoor Elementary School and Sally Lundblad's retirement from Louisburg High School left the district in need of two principals.

Truck crash sentencingAn Independence man will be sentenced Jan. 19 for a wreck that killed an 84-year-old Olathe woman.Clark L. Montgomery, 32, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the June 29 accident that killed Rita Huscher.As part of the plea deal, he must tell the family why his commercial truck struck her minivan and why he fled the ...

For Airman 1st Class Joshua Smith, working on an airfield in southwest Asia, today is a Christmas far from home in Independence.

An Independence man will be sentenced Jan. 19 for a wreck that killed an 84-year-old Olathe woman.Clark L. Montgomery, 32, pleaded guilty this month to involuntary manslaughter for the June 29 accident that killed Rita Huscher.As part of the plea deal, he must tell the family why his commercial truck struck her minivan and why he fled the scene, ...

A service designed for families with younger children will be from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec.

Olathe purchased the Burning Tree Golf Course in De Soto as a site for future water wells and a transfer station.

The top 24 award winners in the 13th Annual Metro High School Visual Arts Competition were announced Dec.

State suspends pet-filled day careKansas officials said Thursday that they had suspended the license of a De Soto home day care that had 15 pets.Officials said Cheryl J. Schuler Day Care Home at 8820 Waverly Road had five children from 1 to 5 years old and two school-age children.The Kansas Department of Health and Environment suspended the home in ...

Six seniors in Kansas State University's College of Human Ecology will be recognized with the Outstanding Senior Award at the the college's fall graduation honors and student awards presentation.

An archaeologist says excavations in southern Georgia have turned up more artifacts that he believes pinpoint part of the trail of the 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.

The Kansas Department of Agriculture has cited several area restaurants for six or more critical health-code violations.

It is a worthy balloon to float. It is almost assuredly a lead balloon. Floating it is State Rep.