A new, private middle school oriented toward providing an intimate, nurturing environment for budding artists, dancers and actors is expected to open next summer in downtown Overland Park. The Metropolitan
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- Crime
Man wounded in dispute over concealed weapon in Overland Park
An argument over a man carrying a concealed gun ended up being wounded with his own weapon during a dispute in downtown Overland Park Wednesday. Overland Park police report that
- Business
Ten Thousand Villages organization celebrates 70th anniversary, Overland Park store has birthday too
October is the 70th anniversary of Ten Thousand Villages nationwide and the downtown Overland Park store at 7947 Santa Fe Drive is celebrating its 16th birthday as well. The organization
- Events
At Overland Park festival, Johnson Countians gather for fall fun, live music
The temperature may have been a bit higher than expected for a fall affair, but it was hard to argue with the setting for Saturday’s Overland Park Fall Festival. Thousands
Overland Park Fall Festival marks 56th year this Saturday; parade through downtown kicks off at 10 a.m.
This Saturday is the 56th Annual Overland Park Fall Festival Parade, an event that transforms its historic downtown with marching bands, a classic car show, arts and crafts booths and
Wyldewood Cellars opening wine shop in downtown Overland Park, also selling jams from family farm
When life gives you a family farm near Wichita overrun with wild elderberries, you make elderberry wine. That’s the formula that helped John Brewer shift out of a career running
- Business
Yet another microhospital planned for the area, this time near 75th Street and Metcalf
By Jerry LaMartina A real estate developer with plans for microhospitals in Leawood and Roeland Park is on its way to another one, this time near the intersection of 75th
Overland Park council frets over new state law that strips cities of some ability to restrict wireless towers placement
By Jerry LaMartina Overland Park residents could theoretically find wireless telecommunications towers and other related equipment in or near their front yards because of a state law that will go
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At Overland Park memorial, a solemn remembrance of those who lost lives on 9-11
There were hundreds of people gathered around the edges of the Overland Park 9-11 Memorial when the clock struck 7:46 a.m. Sunday. But the only sounds you could hear was
- Churches
Historic downtown Overland Park Presbyterian Church for sale; not protected by landmark status
The Overland Park Presbyterian Church property, a fixture in downtown Overland Park since 1929, is for sale and the congregation would like to relocate to new space somewhere nearby. The
Dewey’s Pizza opens first area franchise at Ranch Mart South
Dewey’s Pizza has opened a restaurant in the Ranch Mart South shopping center, the first of what the firm anticipates will be up to four more outlets in the Kansas
Overland Park among top 10 cities in the nation to live, according to new rankings
Niche, a national rankings website that started as a project out of Carnegie Mellon University, has released its list of the 2016 Best Cities to Live in America, and Johnson
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Body found in Merriam house during demolition identified as Overland Park man
The body found Friday at a house being demolished in Merriam has been identified at a 79-year-old Overland Park man. Merriam police said the body was that of Donald Kimbley.
- Crime
Mission man in jail after setting 75th Street garage on fire
A Mission man remains in Johnson County jail today after being accused of setting fire to the garage of a home of an acquaintance after getting into an argument. According
