And hHuntingtoner name is Terrie Huntington.
She's from Fairway. She's a veteran member of the state House.
She was elected Thursday by a Republican convention of northeast Johnson County precinct leaders.
Huntington succeeds David Wysong, a Mission Hills Republican who resigned this month.
Wysong was elected to a second four-year term in the 2008 general election.
Although [...]
Tonight the weekly Brookside Thursday Ride will be getting into the holiday spirit with a tour of Christmas light displays around Brookside and Northeast Johnson County. Rumor has it Santa might even ditch the reindeer for the evening switch to pedal power.
The ride leaves at 6:30 [...]
U.S. Senate hopeful Todd Tiahrt today added two prominent Johnson County conservatives to his list of endorsers.
House Majority Leader Ray Merrick, a Stillwell Republican, and Speaker Pro Tem Arlen Siegfreid, an Olathe Republican, signed on the dotted line for Tiahrt.
"Todd has the best interests of Kansas in mind in everything he does," said Merrick. [...]
The KC Biz Journal reports: Johnson County consumer confidence fallsKMBC-TV 9 reports that a Johnson County dumbass is sans Lexus and golf clubs after leaving his garage door open and the keys in his car. Apparently there is a rash of this crime of opportunity in the burbs lately, so don’t forget that beige is not camouflage. Criminals [...]
NBC Action News Reports that Property Tax Bills Will Arrive Late in Johnson County . . . Johnson County residents will have a shorter time period than normal to pay their property tax bills. [...] 
NBC Action News; Johnson County fire crews say a man had to jump from a window of his Stillwell home Monday morning to escape a house fire. [...] KMBC's Mike Mahoney reports that the Johnson County field coordinator for U.S. Senate hopeful Todd Tiahrt has resigned after he was confronted with a set of sex charges he's facing.
Jase D. Stanton was accused of the sex charges this summer for an incident that allegedly took place in July 2008.
Harsh Times For The Middle-Class create JoCo Holiday Handouts: Hundreds of Needy Johnson County Residents to be Served Free Thanksgiving Eve Meal [...] This year, Johnson County started running motorcoaches on its popular K-10 route between Lawrence and Overland Park.
The buses were supposed to be more comfy and roomier to meet the exploding demand on one of the area's hottest bus routes, which averages 780 riders a day..
But today the Obama administration announced [...]
It’s out with the old paper notices and on with new digital notifications at the Johnson County and Olathe library systems.
In an effort to reduce costs and save taxpayers money, library patrons will receive notices by e-mail and telephone for overdue materials, materials on hold and bills. The end of [...]
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