BasehorInfo.com / Caroline Boyer

Caroline is a Lenexa native and a 1999 graduate of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. She then attended the University of Kansas, where she worked for the University Daily Kansan and interned with the Lawrence Journal-World. She graduated from the William Allen White School of Journalism in May 2003 and joined the Shawnee Dispatch in September 2003. Caroline briefly worked for the Bonner Springs Chieftain, from January through August of 2004, before returning to the Dispatch as the city reporter. She and her husband moved to Shawnee in November 2007. Send e-mail to Caroline at cboyer@shawneedispatch.com.

Recent stories

Honor Flights offered for WWII veterans: By Caroline Boyer; March 10, 2010; Gary Swanson hopes that as many World War II veterans as possible have a chance to visit the Washington, D.C., memorial built to honor them.
Cable network to chronicle rescue of former Basehor resident: By Caroline Boyer; February 11, 2010; A Shawnee teenager who remained calm in a life-threatening situation and the firefighters who saved him will soon share their story on national television.
AG: Work continues on consumer fraud: By Caroline Boyer; January 20, 2010; The Kansas Attorney General’s Office has made some significant progress in the fight for the rights of the citizens and the state.
Holiday store allows customers to give or take: By Caroline Boyer; November 25, 2009; On Saturday morning, David Thornhill and five other volunteers sorted and organized piles of clothing, toys and other items.
5 Questions: Healthcare: Medicare starts open enrollment for fall; By Caroline Boyer; November 11, 2009; Natalie Myers, health insurance specialist for the Centers Medicare & Medicaid Services, discusses Medicare’s Fall Open Enrollment period and the Prescription Drug and Health Plan options available in Kansas for 2010.
Shawnee inventor’s advice to stop burglaries is simple: Zip it: Door-locking system awaiting patent, customers; By Caroline Boyer; October 21, 2009; A new locking system promises to thwart thieves, and its developer says it will be made in Shawnee.
Marathon, fundraising honor veteran’s fellow Marines: By Caroline Boyer; October 21, 2009; Tony Rider knows about the difficulties that come with serving your country.
No brakes? No problem for area cyclists: By Caroline Boyer; July 30, 2009; By the time he had finished his first 500-meter time trial — one and a half loops around the 333-meter grass and dirt track — Jef Bishop was wheezing.
Resources plentiful for adults making return to school: By Caroline Boyer; July 15, 2009; For adults going back to school for a secondary or graduate degree, awareness of the resources offered by their college is key.
Shawnee veteran recounts brushes with history: By Caroline Boyer; July 1, 2009; Cyrus Shockey isn’t one to talk up his military service.

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Recent photos

Jason Kreuger works on the power steering of a vehicle at Weaver’s Auto Center, 6502 Vista Drive, Shawnee.

Divers from the Overland Park Police Department were called in Friday afternoon to assist in recovering a body from a car that was driven into a pond at the Prairie Lakes Apartment Complex in Shawnee.

Don Singo attaches a flag to a pole June 17 for the third annual Flags For Freedom display, which will be erected Sunday morning. Members of the Shawnee Downtown Business Association gathered last week to prepare the 1,000-plus flags that will be displayed along Johnson Drive and Nieman Road.