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  • 3 weeks ago | kshb.com | Olivia Acree

    KSHB 41 reporter Olivia Acree covers portions of Johnson County, Kansas. Share your story idea with Olivia. Johnson County developed a plan to reopen roads that have been closed for decades around the Astra Enterprise Park, where Panasonic is building its new facility. The Johnson County Transportation Connection Plan aims to reconnect roads that were closed off when the Sunflower Plant opened in 1941, creating new access points around the 9,000-acre development area.

  • 3 weeks ago | kshb.com | Olivia Acree

    KSHB 41 reporter Olivia Acree covers portions of Johnson County, Kansas. Share your story idea with Olivia. Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead will open early for guests who need a sensory-friendly environment on Tuesday, June 3 from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.Whether it's the sound of excited kids or farm animals, the farmstead can get hectic. Instead of that turning families away from a visit, sensory sensitive guests will get a peaceful head start.

  • 3 weeks ago | kshb.com | Olivia Acree

    KSHB 41 reporter Olivia Acree covers portions of Johnson County, Kansas. Share your story idea with Olivia. A push to cut billions from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal school meal program, could hit families and school districts in Kansas. In the Shawnee Mission School District, one in five students gets free meals through SNAP. Right now, those students are automatically enrolled if they receive government assistance like Medicaid.

  • 3 weeks ago | kshb.com | Olivia Acree

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City joined communities around the world in celebration of the 37th annual National Cancer Survivors Day. On Sunday, June 1, Gilda’s Club Kansas City hosted a cancer survivors celebration for everyone — survivors, families, friends, healthcare professionals and community members.

  • 4 weeks ago | kshb.com | Olivia Acree

    KSHB 41 reporter Olivia Acree covers portions of Johnson County, Kansas. Share your story idea with Olivia. —Libraries across the Kansas City metro are launching summer reading programs to help prevent learning loss. Kansas City-area libraries launch summer reading programs to combat learning loss Scholastic reported children in third through fifth grades lose, on average, about 20% of their school-year reading gains during the summer break.

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