Overland Park News

New University of Kansas students and their parents from Johnson and Wyandotte counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 20, in Overland ...

Tonight, as you’re watching those bombs bursting in air, we hope you’ll think about hot dogs.OK, maybe they’re not as American as, oh, apple pie, SUVs or Britney Spears, but they’re up ...

Edwin Hall is charged with capital murder in last summer's death of Kelsey Smith of Overland Park.

Alphonse James Jackson, 19, of Kansas City was charged Saturday with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Rodney Keith Butner Jr., 21, of Olathe.Jackson is being held on a $1 million bond.

Overland Park Police hope surveillance video will help them catch a man who stole nearly $2,000 worth of cigarettes from a convenience store.

Helping parents teach young children the developmental skills needed for baseball is the aim of an instructional program starting in July.

A 20-year-old Overland Park man was charged this afternoon in a hit-and-run accident that left a 3-year-old boy dead.Travis Mott was charged with fleeing the scene of an accident that resulted in a death, which ...

Kansas is $30 billion short of meeting all its transportation needs over the next two decades, according to a preliminary long-range plan that's expected to become final this week.The plan, developed over 18 ...

Although a large Internet service provider has backed away from technology that tracks subscribers' Web use in order to deliver personalized advertising, two other broadband companies said Wednesday they are ...

A choir performing at a Kansas church is nothing unusual, but Sunday's show at Rolling Springs Church in Overland Park was different than most.

It seems cliche to say this is another watershed moment to change the economic landscape of Olathe.

With the economy weakening and cash-strapped consumers living paycheck to paycheck, you’d think business would be booming at QC Holdings Inc., the Overland Park-based payday lender.You’d be ...

Are we saying au revoir to the armoire? Sleek flat-panel televisions, typically mounted to walls or perched on credenzas, have rendered the bulky but lovely furniture piece superfluous.

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- and issuer credit rating of " a- " of Universal Underwriters Life Insurance Company .

Seven members of the Overland Park police were sent to Chapman, Kan., to help with police duties while the town cleans up after a tornado destroyed much of the town last week.

A former Overland Park police officer was charged this week with shoplifting and drug possession.Donald Kevin Duncan, 37, of Shawnee, is accused to stealing computer hard drives on Saturday from the Costco ...

What was supposed to be an evidence hearing in the Kelsey Smith murder trial turned into a case of he-said-he-said between the attorneys on Tuesday.

Insurance brokerage giant Willis Group Holdings is making a return of sorts to Wichita.

Published Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 3:05 p.m. CDT On the morning after the Topeka City Council approved his third request to rezone his property at 3420 S.W. Fairlawn Road, developer Gene Jani said he will ...

Developers, realtors, bankers optimistic about housing market By Doug Carder, dcarder@miconews.com Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:31 AM CDT A San Diego developer is offering a buy-one, get-one-free deal to move his ...