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- Candidates are filing for April 7 general election
If two years of presidential campaigning failed to satisfy your political appetite, fear not.
- If the Copa Room can make it Lenexa, it can make it anywhere
When I tell friends that the Cammisano family moved the Copa Room from a free-standing building in midtown to a strip center in Lenexa, their immediate reaction is always the same: "Why out there ?" Jaimie ...
- The Packer welcomes two reporters to staff
LENEXA, Kan. - The Packer starts off the year with two new writers. Bob Luder, a writer with almost three decades of journalism experience, is The Packer's new senior writer based in Lenexa.
- Lenexa Road Closures
LENEXA, Kan. - Motorist in the Lenexa should be on alert beginning Wednesday, Jan.
- Stormwater Improvements Underway at Parkhurst in Lenexa
For approximately six weeks, access to Parkhurst will be restricted to Renner Road from the east and 87th Street from the west.
- Lenexa man charged for allegedly hosting juvenile alcohol party
Charges have been filed in Johnson County District Court against a 42-year-old Lenexa man suspected of hosting a New Year’s Eve drinking party for more than 30 juveniles.An anonymous early morning call ...
- Lenexa woman honored for parent-support work
Make no mistake, Pegi Denton of Lenexa is against dropping off troubled teens with the state, as some parents did in Nebraska before it recently changed its safe-haven law.“We don’t have any ...
- Shawnee woman charged in De Soto robbery
A Shawnee woman was charged today with robbing a liquor store in De Soto earlier this month.Johnson County sheriff’s deputies along with the Lenexa Police Department arrested Marilyn E. Lee, 24, in the ...
- The Watchdog: A a nightmarea drive in Lenexa
Today’s problemBarb Gates of Olathe thinks neighboring Lenexa could do a better job on a couple of streets she uses to commute to work: the intersection at eastbound 95th Street and Lackman Road, and ...
- Turkish cultural center offers immigrants a taste of home
The two businessmen leaned back in their wooden chairs, smiling contentedly.Before them, a homemade feast was spread out on the conference table.
- Click on the slide
Although families are adopted by various organizations during the holiday season, many people still go without.
- Christmas tree recycling offered throughout county
Cities and groups are providing Christmas tree recycling at various locations. Overland Park will accept Christmas trees to be transformed into mulch for use in city parks.
- The Watchdog: Some light shed on Lenexa intersection signs
The problemOverland Park’s resident Andy Cooper, who is familiar with Chicago and says its traffic grid system makes sense, is confounded by a nutty intersection in Lenexa.At 79th Street and Quivira Road, ...
- City dismisses sign case against campaign manager
One Johnson County sign stealing controversy is over. The misdemeanor theft charge against Richard Downing, the campaign manager for Kansas Sen.
- Do you recognize this man?
From Joe Lambe: Police have released a composite sketch of a man who sexually assaulted a 30-year-old woman last Friday in her garage in the Old Town area of the city .
- I-435 project ready for drivers
After three years marked by innumerable traffic delays and wrecks, the sprawling Interstate 435 project through Overland Park is essentially complete.Thursday night, highway crews opened the last major ...
- Kulikowski naned CEO of Kustom Signals
Tom Kulikowski has been named president and chief executive of Kustom Signals Inc ., a sister company of Code 3 Inc.
- Couple marry in Prairie Village
Lyndsy Emley and Cory Poulsen, both of Lenexa, were married in a double-ring ceremony Oct.
- GBA wins Johnson County Wastewater contract
Engineering and architectural firm GBA has won a contract from Johnson County Wastewater to provide engineering services for sewer rehabilitation and repair projects.
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City DescriptionLenexa is a city in the central part of Johnson County, located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States of America. The population was estimated to be 43,434 in the year 2005. It is the fourth most populous city in the county. As a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, Lenexa is included in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by the cities of Shawnee to the north, Overland Park to the east, De Soto to the west and Olathe to the south.
Twelve years before the town of Lenexa was platted in 1869, a young man named James Butler Hickok staked a claim on 160 acres (0.65 km) at what is now the corner of 83rd and Clare Road. At about the same time, a census of the Shawnee Indians living in the area was being taken. One of the residents was listed as "Na-Nex-Se Blackhoof," the widow of Chief Blackhoof, who was the second signer of the 1854 treaty that ceded 1.6 million acres (6,500 km²) of the Kansas Shawnee Indian reservation to the U.S.Government. A few miles east in Westport, Missouri, was the start of the Old Santa Fe Trail. It meandered through the southeast part of Lenexa on its way to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Life in eastern Kansas was about to change ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:Adjoining Cities:
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