A new and improved St rang Park in Overland Park is on track to reopen this summer for the first time in more than two years with several new features aimed at making the park more inclusive and accessible. Efforts to remake the 11-acre park at West 88th and Farley Street have been ongoing since last August, and the city gave an update on its Facebook page last week, announcing that Strang Park should reopen this June. The improvements at Strang include a new all-inclusive playground with elevated climbing nets, a sensory tunnel, in-ground trampolines and a rock wall, all aimed at “promot[ing] tactile, motor and visual skills,” according to the city’s website.
Source: Prairie Village Post

The Johnson County administration building in downtown Olathe, where the county commission meets, has serious security deficiencies that need to be addressed by scanning people as they come and go, according to Sheriff Calvin Hayden. In light of sometimes “highly volatile” meetings in the building, Hayden has proposed adding six staffers for building security, plus improvements in certain lobby areas. The county already has working scanning equipment left over from the old courthouse, he said.
Source: Prairie Village Post