Johnson County Kansas

Whether you love gardening or not, we all look for ways to have a beautiful landscape with less work. Simple ideas can be incorporated to achieve the beauty we desire with less effort. We just need to think smarter and not work harder.

Johnson County Park and Recreation District’s 50 Plus program offers a variety of technology classes to help keep aging adults connected, safe and informed while online.

With the new year just around the corner, the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners has approved the county's 2021 State Legislative Platform.

Since 1993, Johnson County Government has operated a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) recycling facility, enabling Johnson County residents and small businesses to recycle their used or unwanted chemicals.

The Area Agency on Aging Home Delivered Meal program is in need of community volunteers to deliver meals Monday through Friday, over the lunch hour, to home-bound older adults in Johnson County.

Can you recap the work of the Johnson County Area Agency on Aging during the pandemic year of 2020 and highlight any new plans or programs for 2021?

Post-holiday contributions of discarded natural Christmas trees will again be accepted at four Johnson County Park and Recreation District park locations through Jan. 31.

Describing the old Johnson County Courthouse as archaic might be fitting, but some regulars have mixed emotions as the chapter ends for the 68-year-old, eight-story courthouse in downtown Olathe and the opening chapter begins for the new seven-story courthouse across the street.

Program listings are available at JCPRD.com/50Plus.

A Family Movie Trivia Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3 will test your knowledge against other families at the Roeland Park Community Center, 4850 Rosewood Drive.