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8 hrs ago | Hays Daily News

Legal marijuana substance showing up in Kansas ...

Kansas law enforcement and some lawmakers are taking notice of a new legal substance that is designed to mimic the effects of marijuana.

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Related Topix: Drugs

16 hrs ago | St. Louis Nursing News

County Vets Day ceremony No. 11 in Gardner

A flyover of vintage aircraft, patriotic music and speeches, and remarks from Gold Star family members will highlight the 23rd Annual Johnson County Veterans Day Observance at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Gardner, KS, US Military, Fort Leavenworth, US Army, Leavenworth, KS, US National Guard, Lenexa, KS

Thu Nov 05, 2009

KansasCity.com

Judge refuses to reduce bond for teen charged in gardenera s death

Allegations against a 19-year-old woman charged with running down and killing an Overland Park woman involve drugs and not alcohol, a defense lawyer said today.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Overland Park, KS

Wed Nov 04, 2009

NBC Action News

Suspect Shot Outside Subway Has Extensive Criminal History

Nicholas Harold Henry's flight from law enforcement officials ended in a hail of bullets Sunday night outside a Subway sandwich shop before he could don his bullet-proof vest, officials said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Kansas City, KS, Overland Park, KS, Lenexa, KS

Kansas City Star

Assistant Johnson County prosecutor charged with shoplifting

An assistant Johnson County prosecutor has been ticketed for shoplifting deodorant and liquid bandages, according to court records.Roger Nordeen tried to steal two liquid bandage packages and two sticks of clinical strength deodorant Sunday at an Overland Park Price Chopper at 11700 W. 135th Street, according to police records.The items were valued ...

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Related Topix: Overland Park, KS

KansasCity.com

Teen arrested for death of woman killed while gardening in front yard

Authorities charged 19-year-old Jill Conaghan this morning with several charges including involuntary manslaughter for the death of an Overland Park woman killed while gardening in her front yard.Conaghan was also charged with failure to stop at an accident resulting in death, improper driving, driving on the sidewalk for the July 18 death of ...

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Overland Park, KS

Tue Nov 03, 2009

KansasCity.com

Man shot in Olathe gunfight with federal task force

Officers in a federal task force exchanged fire tonight with a man who they said drew a weapon when they tried to arrest him outside an Olathe restaurant.The man had an outstanding warrant in Johnson County for aggravated assault, said Brian Truchon, the FBI special agent in charge.Officers who were tracking the man confronted him outside the ...

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Related Topix: Olathe, KS, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News

Mon Nov 02, 2009

301 Moved Permanently

Man Wounded In Shootout With FBI

A shootout involving FBI agents and an assault suspect shook up some at an Olathe strip mall.

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Kansas City InfoZine

H1n1 Vaccine Is Still Available and Free of Charge in Johnson County

Olathe, KS - infoZine - The Johnson County Health Department administered 1,776 H1N1 vaccines Saturday to individuals in the high priority groups identified by the CDC.

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Related Topix: Olathe, KS, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Sun Nov 01, 2009

NBC Action News

Exclusive: JoCo Teens Legally Get High

" It is a drug said to be more powerful than marijuana and it is new challenge to law enforcement in Johnson County, Kansas.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Drug Testing

Sat Oct 31, 2009

KansasCity.com

Almost 1,800 get H1N1 vaccine in Johnson County; more doses available Monday

Johnson County gave out 1,776 free H1N1 vaccinations today, health officials said this afternoon.In the morning, even hours before the clinic opened about 9 a.m., hundreds of people waited in line at the Northeast Offices complex at 6000 Lamar Ave.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Olathe, KS, Mission, KS

Fri Oct 30, 2009

NBC Action News

New Website for I-35 Project

The new Web site will provide up-to-date project information, a project timeline, public engagement schedule, and resource documents developed during the course of the entire project.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

KansasCity.com

Open house to offer glimpse of proposed I-35 interchange in southwest Johnson County

The Kansas highway department tonight will give residents of southwest Johnson County a glimpse of new interchange planned for Interstate 35 between Gardner and Edgerton.The proposed interchange is supposed to help relieve traffic congestion that would come if the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway builds a freight hub in the area.The rail yard ...

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Related Topix: Gardner, KS, Edgerton, KS

Wed Oct 28, 2009

St. Louis Nursing News

A matter of degrees; Highly educated workforce gives Johnson County an edge

Educated people appear to be flocking to Johnson County in droves, and companies and businesses are eager to tap into that college-educated market.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, MO Metro

American Chronicle

Leader of Asian Massage Parlors Sentenced for Criminal Scheme

Matt J. Whitworth, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner and operator of Asian massage parlors in Johnson County, Kan., was sentenced in federal court today for leading and organizing a criminal scheme to coerce her employees, whom she recruited from China, to engage in prostitution.

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Related Topix: Prison, Overland Park, KS, Federal Prisons, Wichita Metro, Opinion

Mon Oct 26, 2009

NBC Action News

Damaged Transformer Knocks Out Power

MISSION HILLS, Kan. a ' More than 1,000 people were without power at one point late Sunday night in Johnson County.

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Related Topix: Mission Hills, KS, Prairie Village, KS

Sat Oct 24, 2009

KansasCity.com

OxyContin, heroin a deadly duo in Johnson County

In keeping with a national trend, Johnson County officials are seeing a sharp increase in the number of young people who overdose on heroin and the painkiller OxyContin.The two drugs have killed at least 19 young people in the county since 2007.This year, statistics indicate that overdoses are on pace to more than double from two years ago.County ...

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Related Topix: Overland Park, KS, Kansas City, KS

Fri Oct 23, 2009

NBC Action News

High Blood Alcohol Found in Both Crash Drivers

LAWRENCE, Kan. a ' Coroner reports show both drivers in a September crash on K-10 Highway had alcohol in their systems.

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Related Topix: Lawrence Metro, Lawrence, KS

Wed Oct 21, 2009

KHGI

Kan. coach poses as girl to get nude pics of boys

A 38-year-old elementary school teacher and coach has admitted posing as a young woman on Facebook and talking boys into sending him nude pictures of themselves.

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Related Topix: Social Software

Kansas City Star

Meat from culled deer herd in Johnson County to go to food pantries

As a deer lover, the Rev. Larry Keller disagrees with Johnson Countys plan to cull the overpopulated herd in Shawnee Mission Park with the help of sharpshooters.But as a pastor who oversees a food pantry where demand has doubled in the past year, he is thankful the meat will go to feed the hungry.I personally hate to see the deer get killed, said ...

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Related Topix: Shawnee Mission, KS, Overland Park, KS, Life, Food, Venison, Meat, Lenexa, KS

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