You can protect yourself from risk even if you are caught outdoors when lightning is close by.

Lenexa will observe updated guidelines for temporary signage and on-site tent sales during Johnson County's emergency order closing dine-in restaurants.

Protect our water supply, avoid a code violation and keep Lenexa clean by following these healthy lawn tips!

We’re all spending a lot more time at home these days. In between hand washing and social distancing, here are some ideas to keep you entertained and healthy for the next few weeks.

We’ve made a lot of progress on reconstructing the aging sport courts at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park and nearby Bois D’Arc Park. But they won’t open for several more months.

We are taking every precaution to keep Lenexa Rec Center visitors and employees safe during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. For now, Rec Center hours remain the same. Should this change, we will communicate information via our website, social media and emails.

To accommodate more pickleballers at the Lenexa Rec Center while also ensuring play time for other activities, we are reinforcing existing policies and have put in place changes to streamline pickleball play.

Below is the text of Mayor Mike Boehm's prepared remarks for the 2020 State of the City address. It has been another exceptional year for Lenexa and it is an honor to deliver my 18th State of the City address.

The City of Lenexa has begun an in-depth process to update City Code to more comprehensively address how homeless shelters are regulated throughout the community. This process will address which zones can accommodate a shelter use and to what extent churches can include sheltering the homeless as an accessory use of their facility. We invite residents to participate in the process to help us create regulations that work for the whole community.

Fourteen area artists were recently honored for their exceptional work inspired by what they love about Lenexa as part of the fifth annual HeART of Lenexa Contest.

The Lenexa Farmers Market welcomed nearly 30,000 visitors during its second season. In addition to supporting the Market by buying local, here are six other ways to get involved this year.

You may know how important it is to insure your home, vehicle and health — but flood insurance often isn’t a priority for many residents, especially if they don’t live near a body of water.

You might spot a Lenexa Community Standards employee walking around a home in your neighborhood over the next couple of months. It’s likely that they’re completing a routine rental property inspection.

Potholes are an unavoidable nuisance this time of year. They’re created when snow and ice melt as part of the seasonal freeze-thaw cycle.

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau counts each resident in the United States. The next census will begin April 1, 2020.

When extremely cold temperatures or winter precipitation are in the forecast, consider staying indoors, keep your phones charged and use these cold weather safety tips from our electrical service provider, Evergy (formerly KCP&L and Westar):

Get free tax preparation assistance from AARP Tax-Aide at the Lenexa Senior Center from February through April 2020.

The cold days of winter may be ahead of us but reality is, it’s never too early to talk about summer jobs.

The City of Lenexa, Kansas and the Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church have reached an agreement that will allow Project 10/20 to operate a homeless shelter in the church for the next three winter seasons or until the Lenexa City Council adopts new codes regulating homeless shelters.

The City of Lenexa offers two convenient options for you to dispose of live trees:

Give yourself peace of mind during winter storms this season by knowing how we tackle snow removal, how you can help the streets get cleared more efficiently, and how you can prevent common winter weather nuisances.

How satisfied are Lenexa residents? Where can the city improve? What priorities are of greatest interest?

All alarm systems in Lenexa must be registered.

A plan for creating safer, more comfortable routes for bicyclists, pedestrians, drivers and other travelers was recently accepted by the Lenexa City Council.