Local News in Johnson County, Kansas
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De Soto Edgerton FairwayGardner Leawood Lenexa
Merriam Mission New Century
Olathe Overland Park Prairie Village
Roeland Park Shawnee Shawnee Mission
Spring Hill Stanley Stilwell
Westwood Lake Quivira Mission Hills
Mission Woods Westwood Hills Clearview City
Renewing a motor vehicle license in Johnson or Wyandotte county? Do it now
Fri, 18 May 2012 13:12:58 -0700
Don’t delay if you need to renew your motor vehicle licenses this month in Wyandotte and Johnson counties.
DMV backlog in Johnson County lingers
Fri, 11 May 2012 10:31:16 -0700
Kansas and Johnson County officials pleaded for patience Friday as they continued to wrestle with a backlogged system for processing motor vehicle transactions.
Court again suspends Lawrence lawyer
Fri, 18 May 2012 08:39:31 -0700
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday suspended for one year the law license of Lawrence lawyer Brian R. Johnson for his representation of a Jefferson County woman accused of arson on her home.
5 of 7 Kansas Court Justices Remove Themselves from Kline Case
Fri, 18 May 2012 18:48:07 -0700
TOPEKA, Kan. — Former Johnson County District Attorney and Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline is getting his wish and then...
Man with 14 DUI convictions charged again in Kansas
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:26:43 -0700
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- A 50-year-old Missouri man with at least 14 prior drunken driving convictions is facing a new DUI charge after a traffic accident and altercation in Johnson County, Kan. The Kansas City Star reports that John Charles Howard, of Branson, was arrested this week by Overland Park police on a report that he wrecked his car and threatened another man with a knife ...
Man with 7 DUI convictions charged again in JoCo
Thu, 17 May 2012 17:44:50 -0700
One man with seven convictions for driving under the influence in Missouri and Kansas is now under arrest in Johnson County after a Monday night crash.
Repeat offender faces new DUI charges in JoCo
Wed, 16 May 2012 13:35:00 -0700
A man with at least 14 prior convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol was charged again today in Johnson County after a Monday night traffic crash in Overland Park, prosecutors say.
DUI checkpoint schedule for Friday evening in Johnson County
Thu, 17 May 2012 20:51:55 -0700
The Johnson County Sheriff’s office will assist the Kansas Highway Patrol with a DUI checkpoint Friday evening and early Saturday in western Johnson County, said Master Deputy Tom Erickson, a sheriff’s spokesman.
Computer Glitch Forces Johnson County Motor Vehicle Offices to Close
Tue, 08 May 2012 13:03:34 -0700
JOHNSON COUNTY, Kan. — Oh, the joys of making a trip to the DMV, or the motor vehicle offices, as...
Computers problems force Johnson County to close DMV offices early
Tue, 08 May 2012 13:15:55 -0700
Computer problems continued to hamper the Johnson County Motor Vehicles Offices, forcing the county’s offices to close early.