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Coats and ties on the line
February 24, 2000'Cow'-tow to the JoCo trail
May 25, 2000I hear there's some parties going on tonight
Reading Gawker's list of the five types of New Year's Eve parties, I realize I'm a stalwart member of group four: the people who go to bed at 11 p.m.I'm not against celebrating New Year's. I like the picking/drinking champagne aspect of it, I just don't like dropping what seems to be a $100 minimum to go out. The other possibility -- a house party with strangers -- is just too depressing on New Year's. This year is different. This year, I rounded up a few places that don't have covers. Granted,
December 31, 2008Best Beer Selection
October 19, 2000Best Place to Meet Republican Guys
October 18, 2001Best Concession to Political Correctness
October 18, 2001Best Bar Food
October 18, 2001Choc-o-riffic!
December 19, 2002Now open: Blanc Burgers & Bottles, Leawood
Blanc Burgers & Bottles has officially joined the ranks of its Midtown neighbors Room 39 and Blue Koi and opened a second location in Johnson County. Like the other two, it has chosen Mission Farms in Leawood to call home.I stopped by the new location at 10583 Mission right before it opened for its second day of business. Owner Ernesto Peralta was listening to a staff pep talk about how busy the restaurant had been the night before -- when there was still a wait for tables at 9 p.m. Look
February 23, 2009Best Hope for Johnson County
October 7, 2004Best Holiday Lights
October 7, 2004Foo'd Me
January 18, 2007Lit Slam
November 27, 2008Sore Losers
Rejected by voters, conservative Christians target the judiciary.
October 9, 2008Save Earth and Money
September 4, 2008Home Sweet Parking Lot
When a workingman doesn’t have a home in Johnson County, a Wal-Mart parking lot is the next best thing.
September 4, 2008Mrs. Bildungsromanson
August 14, 2008Do we suck, or what?
September 13, 2007Fight the War
August 16, 2007SAFEHOME Golf Tournament
August 16, 2007The Soccer Mom
May 3, 2007The Johnson County Library Summer Reading Club
July 12, 2007The Dimwit D.A.
June 21, 2007Recycled Excuses
January 25, 2007Dueling Wood
Two terrible bar concepts somehow come together in the hinterlands.
December 7, 2006Here, Kiddie, Kiddie
November 2, 2006Stoney End
A visit to the Stonewall Inn puts to rest any desire to go there again.
May 5, 2005Ch-ch- ch-changes
There was some crazy shit going down in America forty years ago.
September 16, 2004Fire Starter
Jimmie Oyler might be the chief of the United Tribe of Shawnee. Or he might just be blowing smoke.
July 3, 2003Really Old School
Graffiti artists take over the retirement home
December 12, 2002Officers Unfriendly
The Johnson County Sheriff's Department lets its own offenders enforce the law.
December 19, 2002Mr. Johnson County
He's been spurned by Ruckus and had half his columns spiked, but Steve Rose still rises.
November 14, 2002Pizza Power
Old Chicago gives its "talent" the authority to serve.
July 25, 2002Mary Quite Contrary
In the battle over school funding, moderate Johnson County Republicans say Mary Pilcher Cook is their worst teachers' pest.
July 18, 2002Best Glorification of Sprawl
Johnson County Museum of History
October 18, 2001Courtus Interruptus
Johnson County breaks up a neighborhood's hoop games.
July 26, 2001Dishonorable Discharge
With an outdated permit, Johnson County’s sewage plant pollutes Wyandotte County.
May 3, 2001Yes! Yes! No!
Johnson County's political parties need to stand up and be counted.
November 2, 2000A Done Deal
The Johnson County Commissioners' yellow brick road leads to a green light for Oz.
August 24, 2000Thrift Looks
April 30, 2009Chefs salaries revealed
There is a saying in the restaurant industry: You can't make a living but you can make a killing. That pretty much sums up the boom-or-bust attitude. Even so, for most restaurant workers things can be a little bit more even. The industry magazine Star Chefs has released its 2008 report on how much one can expect to make working in a kitchen."Chefs might be the new pop culture superstars, but this doesn't exactly translate to more money for the average culinary professional," the article note
May 4, 2009Shooting off fireworks in the boonies is still illegal, y'all
http://www.handctr.com/press list.htm Johnson County Deputies don't want to see your children struggling to grasp your miserable stump of a hand after this July 4th, so they're enforcing the fireworks ban in rural JoCo all weekend. "According to county regulations, fireworks including sparklers are illegal without a permit in all unincorporated areas of Johnson County," (emphasis MINE! ALL MINE!) according to Master Deputy Tom Erickson, the official holiday joy-dampener with the Johnson County
July 1, 2009Killa City: Olathe daycare operator Jeanette L. Lawrence charged in child's death
Jeanette L. LawrenceJohnson County prosecutors charged Jeanette L. Lawrence with involuntary manslaughter in the death April 2009 death of a child at the Olathe daycare she ran at 16012 W. 148th Terrace.Lawrence was also charged with aggravated endangering a child and a violation of registered daycare regulations.Good report from Fox 4 on the case in which a family friend of the victim says 18-month-old Ava Patrick pushed a chair to a fence separating toddlers and babies at the daycare, stood on
July 22, 2009JoCo swigs martini, rakes in stimulus cash
V.P. Biden, with current and former Kansas governors, in OP​After going for McCain-Palin in the 2008 election, Johnson County is reaping the benefits of an Obama administration. The nonprofit news organization Pro Publica has broken down stimulus spending by region, and Republican Johnson County is riding the gravy train.JoCo has received $199 in stimulus money per capita. The national average is $181. The Kansas average is $176.Wyandotte County, where unemployment sits at 9.8 percent, has rec
August 11, 2009Museum to honor Johnson County's diversity (for serious)
​ Hey, Johnson County residents who were born in another country! The Johnson County Museum wants to hear your story -- and your children's stories -- for an exhibit opening in 2011.New Immigrants and the American Dream will focus on the experience of immigrants and their children, their perspectives on American life and their experiences in suburban communities. Contributors to the project can fill out an online survey or contact Melissa Fisher Isaacs at 913-715-2553.
August 28, 2009Killa City: Keighley Ann Alyea's body found in Missouri field
Overland Park police just released more information in the death of Keighley Ann Alyea. Police say the 18-year-old Overland Park woman's body was found around 9:30 p.m. Monday in a farm field near the intersection of East 235th Street and South State Route K Highway in Cass County, Missouri. Dustin HiltWe found out today that three men have been charged with first-degree murder in Johnson County. One of the men, 18-year-old Dustin Hilt, is reportedly a former boyfriend of Alye
October 6, 2009Life Stories Wanted
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