Latest photos by Ashlee Kieler

Five area hospitals, including Shawnee Mission Medical Center, recently implemented The Period of PURPLE Crying, ... November 23, 2010	MVHS physical education teacher Amy McClure, right, stretches with Shannon McGraw during class. McClure was ... October 27, 2010	Amanda Mills, right, Aly Tennis and Samantha Mills participated in Riverview Elementary School’s art supply ... August 31, 2010
De Soto USD 232's seventh elementary, Belmont School, 5805 Belmont in western Shawnee, opens this ... August 11, 2010	Armed with rockets, boxwood derby cars, forestry books, rabbits and sewing projects, Great Plains 4-H ... August 4, 2010	Rachel Elise fills out paperwork during casting calls for “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.” Auditions ... July 22, 2010
Ayah Abdul-Rauf works on a collage journal at Johnson County Central Resource Library. Ayah is ... July 13, 2010	Members of the Kansas City, Kan., Fire Department pay their respects as the funeral processional ... May 27, 2010	Mill Valley Principal Joe Novak talks with students during school last week. Novak will be ... May 19, 2010
Third-grader Kati Gribble donates 10 inches of hair during the Pony Tail Roundup on Friday ... May 12, 2010	Holly Schreiber, a fourth-grade teacher at Mize Elementary School, is the De Soto USD 232 ... April 7, 2010	Jeff Wieland, Mill Valley High School's consumer economics and advanced placement U.S. history teacher, was ... March 23, 2010
From left, Malayia Reece, Sam Sloop, Cormac Badger and Marcus Grimes (seated) eavesdrop on their ... March 3, 2010	Dylan Nimrod and Arianna Carlos take turns reading a script of weekly activities for Starside ... February 26, 2010	Dylan Nimrod and Arianna Carlos take turns reading a script of weekly activities for Starside ... February 24, 2010
Mill Creek Middle School students present a $700 check to David Moritz of Heart to ... February 24, 2010	Construction of three roundabouts, new curbs and sidewalks is planned for this spring on Mize ... February 3, 2010	Lexington Trails Middle School seventh-graders Ciaann Chance, Kenna Hall and Bethany Drake sign a bulletin ... January 27, 2010
Photo detail January 20, 2010	Monticello Trails Middle School eighth-graders Caroline Peters (left) and Tori Kilkenny demonstrate how to uncover ... December 29, 2009