Welcome to the Official Kansas City Business Directory and local information guide for the KC Metro. KCMetro.com offers the latest information on traffic, weather, movies, and entertainment and includes an extensive section for Local News for each city in the Kansas City metro area. This includes Olathe, Overland Park, Lee's Summit, Leawood, Grandview, Lenexa, Shawnee and Mission to name just a few. http://kcmetro.com/local-news/shawnee-ks/ Thu, 24 May 2012 23:03:13 +0000 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management en-gb http://kcmetro.com/2012052444433/local-news/shawnee-ks/trail-of-broken-promises-focuses-attention-on-desecration-of-sacred-native-american-places.html http://kcmetro.com/2012052444433/local-news/shawnee-ks/trail-of-broken-promises-focuses-attention-on-desecration-of-sacred-native-american-places.html Millie Pepion's voice rises over traffic noise in the background. Pepion walks alongside the cars and trucks on the roadway, talking about the mission that sent her and fellow Haskell Indian Nations University students...]]> Shawnee, KS Thu, 24 May 2012 17:44:31 +0000 http://kcmetro.com/2012052444432/local-news/shawnee-ks/parks-vehicle-purchase-wona39t-be-the-last.html http://kcmetro.com/2012052444432/local-news/shawnee-ks/parks-vehicle-purchase-wona39t-be-the-last.html The Shawnee County Parks and Recreation department will get five new utility vehicles on top of the four mowers the department was authorized to purchase April 12. The purchases cost the county a total of $118,171.]]> Shawnee, KS Thu, 24 May 2012 17:44:27 +0000 http://kcmetro.com/2012052444427/local-news/shawnee-ks/man-breaks-into-kansas-tv-station-stabs-2-workers.html http://kcmetro.com/2012052444427/local-news/shawnee-ks/man-breaks-into-kansas-tv-station-stabs-2-workers.html Man upset with Veterans Affairs breaks into Kansas television station, stabs 2 workers]]> Shawnee, KS Thu, 24 May 2012 11:44:05 +0000 http://kcmetro.com/2012052444413/local-news/shawnee-ks/kansas-promises-dmv-problems-will-be-fixed-later-this-week.html http://kcmetro.com/2012052444413/local-news/shawnee-ks/kansas-promises-dmv-problems-will-be-fixed-later-this-week.html Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan says problems with a new computer system that delayed Kansas vehicle and title registrations have been resolved.]]> Shawnee, KS Thu, 24 May 2012 02:44:03 +0000 http://kcmetro.com/2012052344408/local-news/shawnee-ks/man-breaks-into-kansas-tv-station-stabs-2-workers.html http://kcmetro.com/2012052344408/local-news/shawnee-ks/man-breaks-into-kansas-tv-station-stabs-2-workers.html A man wielding a knife broke into a Kansas television station Wednesday morning and stabbed two sales employees.]]> Shawnee, KS Wed, 23 May 2012 23:44:34 +0000 http://kcmetro.com/2012052344407/local-news/shawnee-ks/t-birds-must-retain-power-surge-at-state.html http://kcmetro.com/2012052344407/local-news/shawnee-ks/t-birds-must-retain-power-surge-at-state.html Shawnee Heights' softball team has hit the ball, and hit it for power, through most of the 2012 season. That may be the key for the 16-6 T-Birds in the Class 5A state tournament, starting with an opening-round game against No.]]> Shawnee, KS Wed, 23 May 2012 23:44:32 +0000 http://kcmetro.com/2012052344406/local-news/shawnee-ks/lawyer-cook-enters-2nd-district-commission-race.html http://kcmetro.com/2012052344406/local-news/shawnee-ks/lawyer-cook-enters-2nd-district-commission-race.html Topeka lawyer Kevin Cook on Wednesday became the third Democrat to file to run for the 2nd District seat on the Shawnee County Commission. Cook, 37, of 1512 S.W.]]> Shawnee, KS Wed, 23 May 2012 23:44:29 +0000 http://kcmetro.com/2012052344405/local-news/shawnee-ks/drowning-suit-trial-date-moved-to-november.html http://kcmetro.com/2012052344405/local-news/shawnee-ks/drowning-suit-trial-date-moved-to-november.html The trial date was moved back more than four months last week in a lawsuit filed by the father of one of two men who drowned when their canoe capsized in the Kansas River in 2007.]]> Shawnee, KS Wed, 23 May 2012 23:44:26 +0000 http://kcmetro.com/2012052344397/local-news/shawnee-ks/man-breaks-into-kansas-tv-station-stabs-2-workers.html http://kcmetro.com/2012052344397/local-news/shawnee-ks/man-breaks-into-kansas-tv-station-stabs-2-workers.html A man wielding a knife broke into a Kansas television station Wednesday morning and stabbed two sales employees.]]> Shawnee, KS Wed, 23 May 2012 20:44:23 +0000 http://kcmetro.com/2012052344388/local-news/shawnee-ks/kansas-c-stores-join-salt-reduction-efforts.html http://kcmetro.com/2012052344388/local-news/shawnee-ks/kansas-c-stores-join-salt-reduction-efforts.html TOPEKA, Kan. -- More than a dozen convenience stores are joining Shawnee County's fight to reduce the community's salt intake. The health initiative is being spearheaded by the commissioners in this Kansas county.]]> Shawnee, KS Wed, 23 May 2012 17:44:39 +0000