Shawnee drew national scrutiny over its new restrictions governing co-living arrangements. Before Monday’s meeting, critics gathered hundreds of signatures for a Change.org petition objecting to the new ordinance, which bans renting to four or more people who are unrelated.
Black History Month in February is a time to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of African Americans in society as well as in the Johnson County community.
Long before the famous U.S. Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education that ended school segregation 67 years ago and the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 ending national segregation, African Americans have made their mark in local and national history.
George Washington Carver was one of them.