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Yesterday | St. Louis Nursing News

Leawood honored for concrete use

Leawood Mayor Peggy Dunn and Director of Public Works Joe Johnson received a 2008 Portland Cement Association Sustainable Leadership Award at the Oct.

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Tuesday | Clover Herald

Wellness programs are all about the bottom line

Jan Mason is a 50-pound-lighter testimonial to the power of workplace wellness programs.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, KS, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Healthcare Law

Sun Oct 12, 2008

The Pitch

A bittersweet end to Cassis

Two years ago, The Pitch named Cassis , chef Patrick Quillec's bistro in Leawood's Town Center Plaza, the Best New Restaurant in Kansas City.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, MO Metro, Overland Park, KS, Prairie Village, KS

Fri Oct 10, 2008

Mortgage Fraud News

Kansas man pleads guilty in $12 million mortgage fraud

In the following press release Marietta Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas announced that David Kostelec, 53 Leawood, Kan., has pleaded guilty to charges he and other conspirators ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Linn Valley, KS

KSHB-TV Kansas City

Leawood Man Pleads Guilty in Real Estate Scheme

A Leawood, Kan. real estate agent has pleaded guilty to charges that he fraudulently secured more than $12 million in home loans.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home

Earth Times

Tortoise North American Energy Corp. Provides Asset Coverage Ratio Update

LEAWOOD, Kan. - Tortoise North American Energy Corp. is providing an update for stockholders regarding its leverage.

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Wed Oct 08, 2008

Kansas City Star

Leawood ordinance bans multiple yard signs advocating one candidate or issue

Put more than one McCain-Palin sign in a Leawood yard and the homeowner is in violation of the city’s sign ordinance.

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Related Topix: Activism, Johnson County, KS, ACLU, Prairie Village, KS

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Oil and Gas Investor

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 ...

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Sat Oct 04, 2008

Kansas City Star

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.

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Related Topix: Johnson County, KS

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Kansas City Jewish Chronicle

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.

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KansasCity.com

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 ...

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Related Topix: Johnson County, KS

Thu Oct 02, 2008

PR-inside.com

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.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, KS, Haiti, World News

St. Louis Nursing News

Click on the slide

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 .

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Johnson County, KS, US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Kansas City InfoZine

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.

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Related Topix: Johnson County, KS

Mon Sep 29, 2008

The Topeka Capital-Journal

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.

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Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Johnson County, KS

Sat Sep 27, 2008

Sojourners

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.

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Thu Sep 25, 2008

St. Louis Nursing News

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.

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Tue Sep 23, 2008

Kansas City Star

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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Related Topix: Kansas City, MO Metro, Kansas City, KS, Prairie Village, KS, Johnson County, KS

Sun Sep 21, 2008

Lee's Summit Journal - Lee's Summit, ...

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.

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Fri Sep 19, 2008

KansasCity.com

Thursday editorial: Remember Kelsey Smith,...

A life sentence has sent Edwin Hall off to the hard, anonymous confines of prison.

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Related Topix: Overland Park, KS, Kansas State University, Opinion

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Leawood, Kansas is located in Johnson County and is part of the Kansas City, MO Metro Area. Zip codes in Leawood, KS include 66209, 66206, and 66211.

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