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Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Olathe Police are seeking two suspects who stole a guitar from a music store on April 12. A police spokesperson said two men entered Spencer’s Music Store at 1717 S. Mur-Len Road at about 2:29 p.m. One of the men distracted sales people while the other placed a guitar in his pants. [...]
Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Gardner police are investigating a roll-over accident that took place about 11 a.m. on May 15 at U.S. 56 Highway and Cedar Niles Road. Ilena Spalding, public information officer, said the preliminary investigation shows that one car ran a red light and T-boned another car. Both drivers were transported to hospitals with [...]
Heather Culbertson’s second-place discus toss highlighted an impressive effort by the seventh-grade Lady Jag track team at the Frontier League meet in Louisburg, May 12. Besides Culbertson, the Jags 800 relay took third place and Natalie Mullin took fourth at 100 hurdles, as did the 1600 relay. Fifth places went to Jessica Heniss (100 meters); [...]
Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com The three-year-old Edgerton Recreation and Cultural Arts Committee is for all intents and purposes defunct. Four of six members of the committee resigned last week. Two other members have not attended meetings in several weeks. On top of that, there are three other vacancies on the committee. So it’s back to the [...]
Master Deputy Perry Williams is receiving a TOP COPS Award from the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO). He will receive the award on May 12 at an awards dinner and reception. Williams was nominated for the award by U.S. Attorney for the State of Kansas, Barry R. Grissom. Williams’ award was the result of [...]
Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Jo Atkinson is on a mission. The artist, who recently opened a studio in downtown Edgerton, plans to recreate a 1930s backdrop that once adorned a stage on the second floor of Edgerton Community Hall. But the 10- by 20-foot canvas backdrop has become severely damaged from years of storage and water [...]
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Residents of a Gardner subdivision addressed city council with concerns about where a road that will lead to two new schools will be built. Ryan Beasley and Jackie Stahl said Plum Creek residents are worried that a planned extension of Grand Street set to run east of Center Street to the new [...]
An impasse in the Kansas Legislature means a later filing deadline for those seeking elective state offices or national offices. The Kansas Secretary of State’s Office announced the 10-day delay via Twitter on May 10. Initially slated for June 1, candidates now have until noon on Monday, June 11 to file to run for the [...]
Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies assisted Kansas Department of Revenue agents in seizing an Olathe business this morning. Officials shuttered 4 Wheels & A Motor, located at 1919 E. Spruce, for delinquent taxes. The car rental, sales and repair businesses owed $41,931 in state sales, withholding and income taxes. On May 9, officers seized all business [...]
Mark Taylor mtaylor@yahoo.com Johnson County is experiencing a whooping cough “outbreak” county commissioners were told May 10. Nancy Tausz, disease control director for the county health department, said 75 cases of the disease have been reported, “and we’re getting more cases in all the time.” Tausz said all ages are susceptible to whooping cough but [...]
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