Johnson County News

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

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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 ...

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 ...