Olathe News

In an economy where many builders have cut back or gone out of business, Austin Roeser, Certified Green Professional, currently sitting on the board of directors at the Homebuilders Association of Greater Kansas City and owner of Roeser Homes, has been steadily growing his business that focuses on building homes in Johnson County priced from the ... (more)

Activity is brisk within Cedar Creek as prospective homeowners continue to select their home sites and homes within the master-planned community’s 15 neighborhoods.

Buy this image Olathe Northwest senior Shavon Shields dunks in front of Olathe East senior Austin Brpown during Friday's basketball game at Olathe East High School on February 10, 2012 in Olathe, Ks.

Great Southern Bank is remodeling a former restaurant to become the new home of the bank's Olathe branch.

Once again Edgerton residents find themselves on the front lines fighting for somethingA other communities take for granted: a library.

The Kansas Highway Patrol has received numerous calls with information to help us locate the vehicle involved in a crash south of Olathe yesterday.

Olathe fire officials today are crediting two neighbors with warning a couple that their home was burning and helping them to safety.

Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Johnson County will likely add three new representatives to the Kansas House of Representatives next year.

A rush hour hit-and-run crash critically injured a pregnant woman this morning and created a backup along northbound Interstate 35 in Johnson County that stretched to Gardner.Emergency crews extricated the 33-year-old woman from the crash that occurred about 6:50 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-35 near the weigh station, just north of West 167th ... (more)

He enlisted in the United States Army in Pontiac, Mich., in 1939 and was honorably discharged as master sergeant on June 15, 1945.

Olathe Police Sgt. Grant Allen said officers were dealing with a suicidal call about around 11:30 a.m. Monday at a home near West 141st Street and South Brougham Drive, which is just west of Black Bob Road.

OLATHE, Kan. - A fire at a retirement community is out thanks to the building's sprinkler system.

At 4:15 p.m., Olathe police were dispatched to 159th and U.S. 169 Highway on an injury accident.

OLATHE, Kan. - One person is in the hospital after a fire in Olathe. The fire started around 8 p.m. Wednesday night near Somerset Terr.

FNH USA, LLC, the U.S. subsidiary of global firearms manufacturer FN Herstal, is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive partnership with OMB GUNS to provide its full line of law enforcement products to the U.S. law enforcement market.

A US student got a surprise when she opened a textbook she'd ordered from Amazon - and a bag of cocaine fell out.

The Perkins family brought out the candles for light as they ate their dinner that was cooked in aluminum foils in the fireplace of their home in the 5800 block of El Monte Street in Fairview in 2002.

Kansas City has an amazing array of delicious local products. This recipe uses Clear10 Vodka which is locally made in Olathe, KS.

Voters in the Blue Valley and Gardner Edgerton school districts still have time to cast ballots in the mail-in bond elections.But a note of caution: If your ballot isn’t already in the mail, you’d be wise to hand deliver it to the Johnson County Election Office, 2101 E. Kansas City Road in Olathe, at this point.

It would also be an interesting way to complete the senior service project. The best way, it seemed, would be to host a tournament with registration fees going to charity.