Bird scooters are leaving Prairie Village at the end of the month when the one-year pilot program expires. The city council committee of the whole on Monday rejected a proposal to extend the pilot another year. Photo credit Juliana Garcia. Prairie Villagers will have until the end of this month to enjoy puttering around the city on Bird electric scooters. The city council’s committee of the whole on Monday decided against renewing the city’s one-year pilot program with Bird Rides, Inc., which would have kept the dockless, pay-as-you-go vehicles on city streets for another year. Source: Shawnee Mission Post [...]

Two animal control officers from different Johnson County cities recently teamed up to rescue a snapping turtle tangled in a fishing line in the pond at Meadowbrook Park. Courtney Sievers, a community service and animal control officer for Prairie Village Police, told the Post she received a request last week from animal welfare group Operation Wildlife to help a turtle — potentially tangled in fishing line — in the Meadowbrook Park pond. Source: Shawnee Mission Post

This week, the Leawood City Council discussed the possibility of allowing residents to weigh in on its dangerous animal ordinance — the last one in Johnson County that bans pit bulls. Leawood is considering whether to send out a community survey about its pit bull ban, the last ban of its kind on the books in Johnson County. The Leawood City Council on Monday heard an overview of potential options for sending out a citywide survey asking what residents think of the city’s current rules around owning pit bulls. Source: Shawnee Mission Post