Caroline Boyer Bonner Springs Reporter
Caroline is a Lenexa native and a 1999 graduate of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. She 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. In 2010, she returned to The Chieftain. She lives in Shawnee with her husband and daughter. Send e-mail to Caroline at cboyer@theworldco.info.
Recent stories
- City considers smoke-free parks
- May 15, 2013
- In a workshop prior to its regular meeting Monday, the Bonner Springs City Council discussed the possibility of smoke-free parks.
- EMS department among first to use new cots
- May 15, 2013
- The Bonner Springs EMS Department is the first in Kansas to use new, hydraulic, battery-powered stretchers or cots in their ambulances.
- Festival balloon launch to honor late city clerk
- April 24, 2013
- When Jessica Rogoza’s dad, an Edwardsville firefighter, would bring her to Edwardsville City Hall as a child, she found a special friend in former city clerk, the late Phyllis Freeman.
- Smith lauded after 10 years as mayor
- April 24, 2013
- Several dignitaries from the local and state levels turned out Monday for a retirement reception honoring former Bonner Springs Mayor Clausie Smith.
- Smith reflects on decade as Bonner Springs mayor
- April 17, 2013
- It’s clear Bonner Springs Mayor Clausie Smith is known far and wide.
- Tractors, bike rodeo added to Marble Day activities
- April 3, 2013
- In addition to the usual old-fashioned family fun, the seventh annual “Marble Day” celebration will feature a few hundred tractors and a bike rodeo.
- Foundation welcomes KU athletic director at annual breakfast
- April 3, 2013
- This year’s “Rise & Shine Recognition Breakfast” will be of interest to sports fans, and Kansas University fans in particular.
- Organizers ready to go with new city festival
- March 27, 2013
- In a month, area residents will get their first look at a new spring tradition: Edwardsville Days.
- Local 4-H club hopes to continue growth
- March 20, 2013
- Things were a little cramped at the Brauer Braves 4-H Club meeting Sunday.
- School board approves iPads for all district teachers
- March 13, 2013
- The USD 204 Board of Education was faced with a tough decision Monday: Who deserves to have iPads more, students or teachers?
Recent photos
John Claxton, Bonner Springs EMS department chief, demonstrates the new automated cots the department received in February. The department is the first in Kansas to use the cots.
Charlotte Thomas, 2, of Kansas City, Kan., plays with her monkey balloon animal.
Jillian Gibson, 4, of Shawnee holds her balloon flower.
Penelope Kiser, 2, of Edwardsville checks out her pink balloon motorcycle with her mom, Kelly Kiser.
Gene Hernandez makes a balloon Spiderman for a child a Tuesday's Storytime at the Bonner Springs City Library.
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