Stilwell News

Almost a decade ago, Kim Silance was starting her first day on the job as the Stilwell Post Office's newly-minted postmaster.

Community members can make a donation and sign a holiday card that will be sent on Dec.

STILWELL, Kan. a ' Johnson County fire crews say a man climbed out of his bedroom window of his Stilwell home Monday morning to escape a house fire.

A resident escaped an early morning house fire today in the community of Stilwell.

Vincent Mosby signed a marriage contract and paid a dowry in a religious ceremony in August, police said.

Church Women United of Johnson County will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church, 9300 Nall Ave., Overland Park.

Malarie White of Aurora, Colo., and Zach Ostmeyer of Stilwell exchanged wedding vows in a double-ring ceremony Sept.

Some of the Kansas Republican legislators should take a deep breath. The histrionics prompted by the resignation of Commerce Secretary David Kerr are completely unwarranted.

Shawnee-based Bayer Animal Health and Bayer CropScience , which has sites in Kansas City, North, and Stilwell, Kan., announced in a release Monday the award of an additional $50,000 toward the institute's Kansas City Science Initiative , which developed an interactive science curriculum.

The Office of Admissions and Scholarships at the University of Kansas has announced the names of more than 100 students who will serve as KU ambassadors throughout the academic year.

Boy Scouts from Troop 315 at Aldersgate Methodist Church in Olathe, including, from left, Brooks Walker, Josh Hull, Lane Gramling and Tanner Delaney, presented the colors Saturday.

No one likes to wait an hour or more for the privilege of licensing a car, but in Johnson County you no longer have to do so.The county is offering a new service that allows taxpayers to reserve their place in line from the Web.The system, launched last week, will send a text message to users mobile phones to let them know when they are close to ...

Two Wichitans , Jill Docking and David Murfin, were among seven new members named today to the University of Kansas Endowment Board of Trustees.

Liz Jacobs, Stilwell, felt like a pinball in a machine last school year. a oeEvery time I turned around there was another thing we had to pay for,a she said.

Could 2010 be the year the Kansas Legislature passes a statewide smoking ban? Sen.

Duard and Mary Jo Green will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct.

Marcella and Marcellus Ruder will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with a family dinner Oct.

More than 80 people attended a recent Johnson County Planning Commission meeting to express concerns about the countya s plan to improve and widen three roads in the southeast portion of the county.

Bill Gasper never has been to Washington. So he plans to make the most of it this fall, and then some.

Two state agencies in Kansas are working on behalf of a labor union to identify potential members among the state's in-home health workers - and Republican lawmakers aren't happy about it.