brian johnson

1 week ago | kmbc.com | brian johnson

Hundreds of residents from Aspen Place Apartments are urgently seeking new homes after the city condemned the complex due to safety concerns, giving them just 48 hours to move out.Nearly 200 families have turned to Grace Baptist Church in Gardner for help.Friendly faces greeted them at the door, with tacos outside, Chick-fil-A inside and numerous civic groups offering assistance."I think the biggest thing for them is they don't know what's next," said Melissa Prins from The Hope Market, a...

2 weeks ago | kmbc.com | brian johnson

Iris rideshare will keep running — at least for now. Despite banner ads suggesting the program would end April 30, the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority announced late Wednesday that the on-demand transit service will continue operations into Thursday. The decision comes after the city agreed to pay $500,000 a month to keep the service running, although it’s unclear how long the funding will last, or where the money will ultimately come from.

3 weeks ago | nwestiowa.com | brian johnson

A former elementary teacher and 1959 Moville High School graduate has written a book, drawing inspiration from her 13-year-old granddaughter with Down Syndrome. On May 8 at 10:30 a.m. at the Woodbury County Library at Moville, Connie Bartels will be present to promote her new book Up With Averi. "This fun, interesting, educational book has to do with our 13-year-old Down Syndrome granddaughter Averi, the daughter of Kellie and Arlen Dykhuis" explained Bartels.

3 weeks ago | nwestiowa.com | brian johnson

The moment is still etched in my memory.  “I have someone on the phone with news that one of your columnists has died,”said Jeff Grant of Iowa Information Media (our parent company) last Wednesday. As the caller Stephen started talking, he confirmed my worst suspicions: Stephen was the son of Warren Conner, who wrote the “Reliving Days” column on this very page since 2012, and Warren had died.  “That column of Warren’s really kept him going.

3 weeks ago | kmbc.com | brian johnson

Organizers say they have submitted nearly 60,000 signatures to election officials in an effort to force a recall election of Jackson County Executive Frank White. The recall petition, a rare political move in Missouri, comes amid ongoing controversy surrounding White’s handling of county operations, particularly property tax assessments. Organizers say they’ve collected more than 6,000 petition sheets, each with up to 10 signatures.