Overland Park News

The problemJoanna Harbison is new to the area and wonders about the unusual overhead street sign that northbound Nall Avenue drivers see as they approach 95th Street in Johnson County.

A North Kansas City K-9 officer who recently went missing for a day and turned up with injuries is making a rebound, thanks to surgery and donations from concerned members of the community.

The countless fliers on campus promoting student organizations might be a little more attractive thanks to the newly-opened Student Design Center.

Anne and Rob Perszyk of Overland Park have paid off their house.They feel more secure in their jobs at Sprint.They concede that a few years back, when the economy was suffering more than it is now, it’s unlikely that they would have been eyeing new tile as they did Saturday at the combined Remodeling Show and Metropolitan Lawn & Garden Show ... (more)

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)

The Overland Park Convention Center was filled with colorful and fantastic creatures Friday on the first day of Naka-Kon, Kansas City's convention for fans of Japanese animation.

Overland Park, Kan. -A Showing how you feel about the one you love really adds up! A According to the National Retail Federation, Americans are expected to shell out more than $17 billion dollars for the upcoming holiday.

What do you mean you haven't made a dining reservation for Valentine's Day evening? It's four nights away and one of the busiest nights of the year for any restaurant.

Power in the Kansas House is likely to shift next year from rural parts of the state to the Kansas City area after members overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill Thursday for redrawing their districts.

An apparent explosion and fire in an Overland Park apartment complex tonight sent one person to a hospital but in good condition.The fire department called a second alarm to the fire in the 6100 block of Riley Street near Shawnee Mission Parkway.

A Gladstone woman on Thursday became the third area woman to plead guilty to a scheme of identity theft affecting hundreds of people to make Internet purchases.Carrie Lynne Evola, 44, admitted in federal court to a conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

MIQ Logistics is expanding its less-than-containerload consolidation service, offering weekly LCL service from Istanbul, Turkey, to New York.

People might have heard of thieves siphoning gas, but now some are taking it to a new level, one that is more costly, more dangerous and much more destructive.

RedStone Logistics bought fellow Overland Park logistics firm Headhaul Inc., the Kansas City Business Journal reports.

A bill to expand alcohol sales for grocers and other retailers has small business owners squaring off against each other.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Two Overland Park fathers are giving thanks after both had brushes with what's known as 'the silent killer." Carbon Monoxide seeped into their homes giving them and their families quite a scare.

Bold leadership built top-flight parks and libraries in Johnson County. Now timid leadership is chipping away at the qualities of both systems.A Star editorial Sunday pointed out the county’s years-long failure to buy and develop adequate park land to serve its fast-growing population.

Federal marshals and Overland Park police this morning arrested a convicted child molester who is accused of attacking another child in St.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- -- Vince & Associates Clinical Research, the premier provider of innovative early clinical research services to the global biopharmaceutical industry, announces the certification of their pharmacy clean room in compliance with United States Pharmacopeia USP guidelines.

Critics often complain of urban core corruption when decrying the state of Kansas City Public Schools but a recent NBC Action News investigation raises questions over a bid from a Golden Ghetto biz.