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Leawood, Kansas is located in Johnson County. Zip codes in Leawood, KS include 66206, 66211, and 66209. The median home price in Leawood is $412,800. More Leawood information.

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Saturday May 18 | Prairie Village Post

Fred Logan elected to chair Kansas Board of Regents

Logan, who lives in Leawood, is a partner in the firm Logan Logan & Watson. He was appointed to the Board of Regents in 2011 by Governor Sam Brownback.

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Tue May 14, 2013

KMBC-TV

Open-carry supporters plan Prairie Village picnic

A group that wants to challenge Prairie Village's ban on openly carrying guns in public plans to have a picnic next month.

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Mon May 13, 2013

The Pitch

Red Door Grill opens its doors in Leawood today

It's opening afternoon for chef Debbie Gold and the Red Door Grill . Gold left the American Restaurant last month to join Red Door Restaurants, a new local restaurant group that intends to open several neighborhood-focused eateries.

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Sun May 12, 2013

The Wichita Eagle

Getting police reports, criminal records often requires lawsuits in Kansas

Soon after Susan Stuckey called Prairie Village police three years ago and said she wanted a cop to kill her, more than 15 officers in riot gear surrounded her apartment building.

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Fri May 10, 2013

The Gardner News and The Spring Hill ...

Anne Catherine Minick

"Annie" Minick's faithful journey on earth ended Tuesday, May 7, 2013. She was 95 and lived in Spring Hill.

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Prairie Village Post

Search for robbery suspects causes stir in Prairie Village, north Leawood

A number of Prairie Village and north Leawood residents near the Kansas City, Mo., border Thursday night were awakened by a police search for two suspects in a robbery that took place at 76th and Wornall.

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Mon May 06, 2013

Examiner.com

Tiffany Greens host the Golf Channel Amateur Tour

Tiffany Greens Golf Course hosted the Golf Channel Amateur Tour on Sunday May 5. The players were faced with a course that in the first week of May had endured freezing cold temperatures, rain and snow.

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Prairie Village Post

Young runners, 15 and 11, win 10th annual Dragon Dash

Jack Trouve, wearing bib 217, jumped out toward the front of the pack at the start of Saturday's Dragon Dash.

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The Capital-Journal

Documents: Evidence flimsy in suburban drug raid

A Kansas couple who waited a year to find out why sheriff's deputies raided their home in search of drugs said they're relieved to finally have answers but disturbed that agents targeted their home based on what they called flimsy evidence.

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Sat May 04, 2013

Joplin

Missouri coroners question practices of forensics company operator

Parcells, 33, runs Kansas Forensics, a company based in Leawood, Kan., that provides medical examiner services for county coroners in Missouri and Kansas, and private autopsies for families across the country.

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Medical News Today

New Evidence On What Women Can Expect After Breast Augmentation Surgery

Main Category: Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 04 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Ninety-eight percent of women undergoing breast augmentation surgery say the results met or exceeded their expectations, according to a prospective outcome study published in the May issue of Plastic and ... (more)

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Fri May 03, 2013

The Kansas City Star

Records: Leawood drug raid based on evidence that proved inaccurate

In case you missed it, Andy Reid - in an interview on SiriusXM radio - solved the riddle of how the Chiefs would line up at offensive tackle.

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Great Bend Tribune

USD 431 receives grant

Hoisington Middle School was notified that they have received a grant for $4,500 to promote and educate students about composting, and they plan to use waste from the lunchroom for that.

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The Capital-Journal

Ex-Chiefs player picked for KTA board

Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed a former Kansas City Chiefs player and businessman to the board that oversees operations of the state's only toll road.

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Wed May 01, 2013

Newswise

Breast Augmentation Patients Report High Satisfaction Rates, Says...

Ninety-eight percent of women undergoing breast augmentation surgery say the results met or exceeded their expectations, according to a prospective outcome study published in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryA , the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons .

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

The Kansas City Star

Award-winning chef Debbie Gold joins new restaurant company

James Beard award-winning chef Debbie Gold is back at the corner of 119th and Roe with another new restaurant concept - this one in Leawood.

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Mon Apr 29, 2013

WIBW-TV Topeka

Kansas Couple Gives $2.5 Million To KU Cancer Center

The money from Tom and Teresa Walsh of Leawood will support the nurse navigators program.

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Sun Apr 28, 2013

NewsTarget.com

Police stake out hydroponics shops, harass customers who grow their own food

Apparently Americans who employ hydroponics are the newest targets in an insane "drug war" that has gone from bad to ludicrous since it was first "declared" in the early 1980s.

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Minot Daily News

Gloria Morin

Funeral services were Friday in Wichita for Gloria Morin, 82, Wichita, formerly of Minot, who died Sunday, April 21, 2013, in Hesston, Kan.

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Thu Apr 25, 2013

Business Journal

Country Club Plaza debuts two new stores

Two new stores opened their doors to Country Club Plaza shoppers Wednesday. Hot Mama opened at 225 W. 47th Street next-door to Ann Taylor Loft and Pandora.

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