Johnson County Kansas

Interested in making your yard more earth-friendly? Come join us at the 13th annual Kansas Healthy Yards Expo taking place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 29 at the Shawnee Civic Centre, 13817 Johnson Drive, Shawnee. It’s a free event to attend.

As soil temperatures rise in the coming weeks, our flowerbeds and lawns will begin to green again –an exciting sight to behold after a long, dreary winter. But upon closer look, it may not actually be fescue or bluegrass seen growing in your lawn, nor crocus in your flower beds. More likely, what you’re seeing is cool season weed emergence. Enter the usefulness of pre-emergent herbicides.

Johnson County K-State Research and Extension will partner with El Centro, Inc. and Kansas City Metropolitan Tax Coalition to offer basic tax return preparation services at the Sunset Drive Office Building, 11811 S. Sunset Drive, Olathe, until April 12.

Like the rest of the body, the brain requires exercise and maintenance to maintain good health. In the new year, evaluate how to accomplish these five activities for a healthy you.

Though 2025 has just begun, avid vegetable gardens know that cool-season crops can begin to be grown indoors in just a handful of weeks.

As we approach the end of the year, we may find ourselves cleaning and organizing things to host guests for the holidays or to bring in the new year in a clean and organized house.

The gloomy winter months are a struggle for a plant lover, like me. It may be cold and brown on the outside, but not so inside as my house gets overcrowded with tropicals, cacti and tropical cacti that had spent the growing season on my deck.

With the upcoming open enrollment period for Medicare, it’s essential for Johnson County Medicare beneficiaries to be aware of the various notices they may receive.