Mission Hills News

MISSION HILLS, Kan. - After George Brett's beloved dog Charlie took off during Wednesday night's storm, the famed baseball player turned to Twitter for help.

Johnson County Community College officials gathered Tuesday to break ground on a construction project the school hopes will help propel its already well-respected hospitality program to even greater acclaim - a project that wouldn't have been possible without the support of retired state Sen.

A reader passed along the above photo of a Porsche being pulled out of Brush Creek along Indian Lane around 11:30 a.m. Police Chief Wes Jordan reports that the car slipped out of gear while parked and rolled down the creek embankment.

A slight miscalculation on the part of a seasoned pilot may have caused his single-engine plane to clip a 100-foot beacon tower and crash last year, National Transportation Safety Board investigators concluded in their final report.

Former Kansas Sen. David Wysong, of Mission Hills, Kan., is the new chair of the Advancement Board, an 85-member organization of business and community leaders formed in 2005 to promote the interests of the University of Kansas Medical Center, The University of Kansas Hospital and the University of Kansas Physicians.