Latest photos by Melissa Treolo

Kansas City Kansas Community College nursing instructor Teri Schwager, right, shows fourth-semester nursing students how ... February 27, 2013	Kansas Highway Patrol troopers work the scene of a July 2011 fatality accident on U.S. ... August 14, 2012	Tamara Hudson opened Encore Unique Boutique in Shawnee in 2003. Area business owners weigh in ... July 25, 2012
Community members join hands while singing together "We Shall Overcome" during the 24th annual Martin ... January 16, 2012	About 400 people visited the new Risen Savior Lutheran Church in Basehor for weekend ceremonies ... January 11, 2012	Katy Langford is originally from Kansas City, Mo., but has lived in Bonner Springs for ... December 16, 2011
Jim Lynch November 16, 2011	U.S. military veterans, who were speakers at the Veterans’ Pen Celebration Saturday, Oct. 29, salute ... November 2, 2011	Bella Avery, 1, Shawnee, enjoys a sugar cookie. October 26, 2011
Jessica Brake of Kansas City, Kan., assists her 17-month-old daughter, Khloe Brake, in choosing a ... October 26, 2011	Preston Moua, 1, Kansas City, Kan., stands in the Kerby Farm Pumpkin Patch, wondering what ... October 26, 2011	Gavin Bush, 6, of Shawnee, plays in the miniature-sized barn, which came equipped with sock ... October 26, 2011
Ava Walker, 5, of Basehor, sits on a pile of gourds that, in addition to ... October 26, 2011	Zaden Smith, 4, of Basehor, takes a ride down the zip-line. October 26, 2011	The Brizendine family, Shawnee, attempts the corn maze. Pictured are, from front, Audri Brizendine, Drake ... October 26, 2011
Chuck Loganbill October 19, 2011	Helen Fuller, well-known Kansas City, Kan., golfer, is presented with a proclamation Tuesday night by ... October 12, 2011	The Rev. Robert Weinkauf stands in front of Risen Savior Lutheran Church, a new church ... October 6, 2011
Stella Harrington, 8, a third-grader at Basehor Intermediate School, provides the voice of Abigail the ... October 6, 2011	Area residents tour the General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant Thursday as part of the plant's ... September 22, 2011