The cameras can stay on for now during the open mic time at Overland Park City Council meetings, but early next year the council may require speakers to sign up
OP to use $350,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funds on video equipment at Scheels Soccer Complex
Some federal coronavirus relief money flowing to Overland Park will be used to buy video equipment to broadcast games played at the Scheels Soccer Complex, the City Council has decided.
Ranch Mart South apartment plan sent back to OP planning commission
Plans for a 210-unit apartment building just south of the Ranch Mart South shopping center were sent back to the planning commission Monday night after city councilmembers agreed that more
Developers, opponents prepare for debate over multi-story apartment project at Ranch Mart South
D-Day is coming this Monday for the hotly debated Ranch Mart South shopping center development project in Overland Park, as a neighborhood united in its opposition prepares to go up
After years of dispute, OP committee recommends removing — and not replacing — Westlinks golf course fence
The long-running dispute over the wrought iron Westlinks golf course fence may end with no fence at all, much to the chagrin of Overland Park neighbors whose homes abut the course. The city council’s
OP to start on bike-pedestrian trail along 91st Street, but some residents question costs, safety
A new bike and pedestrian trail that Overland Park officials consider a critical link to parks and shopping is in the works for 91st Street, but some residents are questioning
Former Whole Foods in Overland Park could be converted to medical facility
The former Overland Park Whole Foods building at 91st and Metcalf may become a 120-bed facility for clinical research trials. The city Planning Commission unanimously approved a special use permit
Overland Park ranks high in Top 100 Places to Live list
The city of Overland Park earned another feather in its cap this week after it was noted on a national Best Places to Live list. Livability ranked Overland Park number
Getting ‘uncomfortable,’ Overland Park City Council weighs systemic racism and city policy
Overland Park city councilmembers spent some time reflecting at a workshop Monday on how they can address systemic racism in city policies. As the one-and-a-half hour session ended, they offered
Overland Park considers overhauling regulations for business, residential signs
Overland Park officials are considering a slew of changes to the rules governing all kinds of signs – from digital displays to real estate and political signs. The city’s planning
FBI launches investigation into fatal police shooting of OP teen John Albers
The news Thursday of a federal civil rights investigation into the 2018 fatal police shooting death of Overland Park teenager John Albers caught his mother, Sheila Albers, by surprise. Albers
‘A really happy place’ — New Overland Park ice cream shop aims to employ adults with developmental disabilities
Lindsay Krumbholz and Michelle Reeves met while working at a nonprofit that provided job skills to individuals with developmental disabilities. The pair, alongside Amber Schreiber, decided to take it to
Overland Park City Council may limit recording of public comments
The debut of the public comment period at the Sept. 14 council meeting went pretty well, members of an Overland Park City Council committee agreed. Just the same, that committee
Overland Park Convention Center on track to lose $2.6 million due to COVID-19 cancellations
Because of coronavirus-related cancellations, the Overland Park Convention Center is on target to lose $2.6 million to $2.7 million this year, said Brett Mitchell, the center’s general manager. Mitchell presented
Project for lower-cost homes at 88th and Farley in Overland Park wins preliminary approval
A small project aimed at providing lower-cost homes to the “missing middle” of blue- and pink-collar workers has vaulted a hurdle in Overland Park. The Merit Homes project on the