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Johnson County and cities asked to chip in $500K a year to run homeless shelter
After an hour-long meeting that was heated at times, county commissioners Thursday voted their intention to contribute $60,000 towards operating expenses to run a homeless service center and housing campus in a repurposed Lenexa hotel. The money, which was described as seed money by some commissioners, would be the county’s...
Last remaining community newspaper in Johnson County shutting down
The last remaining community newspaper in Johnson County is closing down. The Gardner News, which was purchased by the newspaper chain CherryRoad Media in 2022, will cease operations effective Monday, July 1. “Our company is dedicated to the preservation of community journalism,” CherryRoad CEO Jeremy Gulban wrote in a letter...
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