There is a broken down vehicle on K-10 from Ridgeview Road to Renner Boulevard. The incident report was issued Wednesday at 11:04 a.m., and the last update concerning this incident was provided on Wednesday at 11:12 a.m. There were no traffic incidents reported in this area for the past 12 hours.

Johnson County recorded 93 suicide deaths in 2023, down from 122 the previous year. Mental health experts say it’s hard to know if the encouraging numbers are a sign of things to come, but it could indicate that mental health services are working in the short term.

The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) says all TB patients in the county have completed treatment and are not infectious

Johnson County, Kansas, firefighters responded to an early house fire that turned deadly Monday morning. Firefighters received a call around 4:50 a.m. about a house fire with a person still inside in the 33600 block of West 167th Street just outside of Gardner, Kansas.

Authorities from Johnson County’s Fire District #1 say one person was killed early Monday morning in a house fire. According to a release, crews were dispatched to a home northwest of Gardner, Kansas,

Health officials in Johnson County provided an update Wednesday on tuberculosis cases connected to an ongoing outbreak that started in March 2024.

Iowa-based bar and grill chain 30hop, which boasts extensive beer and food options, has made its entrance in the Kansas City area. The Lee’s Summit spot softly opened in Drake Development’s Streets of West Pryor district at 1020 NW Pryor Road,

Fire District #1 in Johnson County responded to a house fire Monday morning where a man died, another person survived after hearing smoke alarms

The outbreak poses “very low risk to the general public, including the surrounding counties,” the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said.

Again, in this report the newspaper attempts to spin & downplay the public health threat . . .

A CDC spokesperson identified two outbreaks in the last decade linked to more tuberculosis cases than the ongoing outbreak centered in Wyandotte County.