Johnson County Kansas

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 5.9 percent in 2022.

Johnson County Department of Health and Environment wants to wish residents a “Happy Holidays” while helping the environment.

The flu activity this year may be high as businesses and schools open to full capacity and people begin to gather indoors during the colder months.

We’re told we should eat more vegetables, but if we don’t know how to treat them, and don’t like the foul-tasting consequences of ill-treated vegetables, then how do we overcome this situation?

Flu vaccines will not prevent COVID-19, but they will reduce the burden of flu illnesses on the health care system freeing up medical resources for the care of COVID-19 patients.

Read the November-December 2021 issue of The Best Times.

Review a list of volunteer opportunities with Johnson County, Kansas Government.

Everyone likes to root for a champion in Johnson County. And when that champion is rooted firmly in the ground, it’s a win-win situation. Johnson County currently has 26 TREEmendous champs. They are among the 168 Champion Trees of Kansas on the 2020 list. The program, dating to the early 1960s, is managed by the Kansas Forest Service at Kansas State University.

The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of March 2020 made funds for health and safety available to Johnson County’s Aging and Human Services Department. The CARES funds provided resources for several important safety net programs and services for aging adults in 2020. Here’s a look at some of those programs and the people they have helped.

Three newly elected members of the Johnson County Board of Commissioners along with re-elected Sheriff Calvin Hayden and District Attorney Steve Howe will take the oath of office during a swearing-in ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 11.