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Tortoise Prices $27.8MM Share Offering To Pay Debt
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp., Leawood, Kan., has priced a $27.8 million offering of 1.1 million shares at $25.25 per share to pay debt, acquire equity portfolio securities and for working capital ...
Public safety: Westport shooting wounds two
Gunfire wounded a man and woman and put holes in three vehicles about 3:10 a.m. Friday at the BP gas station in the 4000 block of Broadway.
Alpert's latest project brings new urbanism to Leawood
Move over, Boardwalk, it's all about Park Place - at least in Leawood. The new, urban-style, mixed-use development comes from local developers Jeff Alpert and Melanie Mann.
Man back from Mexico to face rape charges
A man accused of sexually attacking two Leawood women four years ago and then fleeing to Mexico had his first court appearance today in Johnson County District Court.Daniel C. Ojeda, 26, was extradited from ...
Kansas City's Integral Life Foundation Leads Medical Team Treats Several Hundred Haitian Orphans
Dan Tasset, founder of ILF also returned from a separate mission the week before, providing food and supplies to the areas devastated by Hurricanes Hanna and Ike.
Young Johnson Countians are making a political statement. As of Sept. 25, 29,888 people ages 18 to 24 had registered to vote, said Johnson County Election Systems Manager Sarah Horn .
Johnson County Library to Close Leawood Pioneer Branch
The current library is 11,800 sq. ft. and an additional 8,000 sq. ft. will be added.
Women sentenced in immigrant mortgage fraud
Two Leawood women have been sentenced to probation for helping illegal immigrants commit $7.7 million in mortgage fraud through the use of stolen Social Security numbers.
Talking to the New Evangelical Voters
During the final week of the 2000 presidential election, I was in the fall semester of my freshman year in college, feeling incredibly hungry - hungrier than I had ever been before.
Skeletal remains: Four years later, abandoned office building awaits rescue
Seville Home owner Stuart Wilkins said his store has large windows on every side, but he has chosen to close the window coverings on the south side of his building.
LAM Development: New homes blend older neighborhoods
LAM Development offers clients the opportunity to build a custom, upper-bracket new home in old Leawood, Prairie Village or Mission Hills on a lot where a home existed, with the goal of causing little or no ...
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Longview Barn gets second chance
Longview's 40,000-square-foot Calf and Shelter Barn, in the heart of the New Longview development, will live again.
Thursday editorial: Remember Kelsey Smith,...
A life sentence has sent Edwin Hall off to the hard, anonymous confines of prison.
Park Place developer sees vision taking shape
A picture is worth thousands of square feet. Park Place Developers LLC partner Jeffrey Alpert said Park Place, 115th Street and Nall Avenue, is drawing patrons and resembles the vision he and partner Melanie ...
The Watchdog: - Porch Lights' sculpture will soon be complete
Today’s problemSome weeks ago, Leawood’s Tom Gilcrest noticed that a curious concrete triangular object was formed and poured in the median between Lee Boulevard and Somerset Drive.It has various ...
Lockton Risk Services buys Alternative Risk Services
Lockton Risk Services has purchased Alternative Risk Services for an undisclosed amount, an official with LRS said Friday.
Thanks to Facebook, a generation documents itself like never
On a recent Saturday, 25-year-old Ramsey Mohsen of Fairway, Kan., did something at his parents' lake house that tens of millions of computer-savvy young people are doing more and more.
American Academy of Family Physicians and MetLife Foundation...
LEAWOOD, Kan., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Family Physicians and the AAFP Foundation have announced a new partnership with MetLife Foundation, which is providing a $215,000 grant ...
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PETA Teams Up With Kids and Cars to Help Save Lives
Because hot cars are no place for "man nor beast," PETA has teamed up with KIDS AND CARS , a Leawood, Kan.-based national nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing injuries and deaths of children in ...
Pharmacist Gets Probation For Selling Fake Lipitor
Former Kansas City-area pharmacist Doug Albers has received five years' probation for selling fake or misbranded medication.