Another assistant city manager is headed to the city of Shawnee. City Manager Doug Gerber announced last week that the city had hired Chelsee Chism as a second assistant city manager.... Chism has more than 10 years of experience from the city of Overland Park, including five years in the city manager’s office there, according to a Shawnee city press release. In Overland Park, she served as the city manager’s office’s liaison to the public works department and supervised the city’s facilities and sustainability divisions. ... Colin Duffy, Shawnee’s current assistant city manager, is staying in his role, meaning Shawnee will [...]

The national furor over pickleball noise has made its way to Prairie Village. The city recently installed six pickleball courts at Windsor Park, 7200 Windsor St., and after receiving some complaints from neighbors about the incessant thwack-thwack noise coming from the courts, the city says it is looking at ways to address it. At the same time that the recreational sport has exploded in popularity in recent years, pickleball noise has also become the subject of numerous lawsuits across the U.S., including an apparently now-settled one involving pickleball courts at Mission Hills Country Club. Source: Prairie Village Post