Latest photos by Sara Shepherd

Someone dropped this diamond into the Salvation Army kettle at Walmart, Shawnee Mission Parkway and ... December 8, 2011	Fancy — aka "Miss Sunflower" — gets her sunglasses adjusted by owner Michael Kaminski, Kansas ... October 22, 2011	Johnson Drive/55th Street now runs beneath Kansas Highway 7 and features three roundabouts. An official ... September 28, 2011
Tributes to 9/11 — some smaller than others, such as this statuette atop one Chevrolet ... September 11, 2011	Attendees at the 2011 Wheels and Dreams Car, Truck and Bike show peruse a 1932 ... September 11, 2011	Kyle Moody’s customized 1979 Yamaha XS650 motorcycle glistens in the sun during the Wheels and ... September 11, 2011
Joe Rawie, De Soto, sits in the shade behind his 2002 Harley-Davidson motorcycle — custom ... September 11, 2011	A detail shot highlights the 9/11 custom paint job on De Soto resident Joe Rawie’s ... September 11, 2011	Dora Nation of Garden City, Mo., spins on the dance floor during a Swingin' Singles ... August 24, 2011
Jay Krebs of Raytown, Mo., calls a dance during a Swingin' Singles square dance club ... August 24, 2011	Wayne Coyne rallies the crowd during the Flaming Lips performance at the Kanrocksas music festival ... August 6, 2011	The Flaming Lips performance Friday night, Aug. 5, at the Kanrocksas music festival at the ... August 6, 2011
A Lenexa firefighter inspects a yard after a large tree limb fell onto a car ... July 12, 2011	An American flag flies in downtown Shawnee with more flags in the background. The 2011 ... June 27, 2011	Friends and family of Ryder Spillman put on a barbecue Sunday, May 1, in Mission ... May 2, 2011
Ryder Spillman, 16, a Kansas City, Kan., resident who attended Shawnee Mission North High School, ... May 2, 2011	Shawnee resident Barbara McPherson, a retired school principal, started Boomeroos, which sells custom-made collegiate fleece ... March 14, 2011	Shawnee resident Barbara McPherson, a retired school principal, started Boomeroos, which sells custom-made collegiate fleece ... March 14, 2011
John Earnshaw guides the truck while moving the Shawnee Town barn in December. The barn ... January 25, 2011	Anthony Bigby of Kansas City, Kan., a third-degree black belt, participates in one of Master ... January 23, 2011