Overland Park News

Todays problemJoe Markley of Overland Park wonders why the city installed a new traffic signal while widening College Boulevard between Nieman and Quivira roads.

In a dramatic victory for the growing national movement of registered nurses, more than 300 RNs at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park have become the first Kansas RNs to join with their colleagues around the nation, by voting overwhelmingly to align with Nurses United, the local arm of National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses ...

TOPEKA, Kan. - Gov. Mark Parkinson's $259 million in cuts to the Kansas state budget doesn't mandate layoffs or furloughs of state employees, but some officials say it may be just a matter of time.

Still, when Theater League main man Mark Edelman cruised down Interstate 435 in Overland Park near Roe Avenue recently it was as close as he's come to having a "Close Encounters" moment.

Rep. Dennis Moore isnt running for anything in 2010. The Kansas Democrat who announced his retirement from the House Monday told reporters in Overland Park I have no intention of running for the open Senate seat or the governors seat in Kansas next year instead.

James Isch has settled comfortably into his role as interim president of the NCAA.

Those who suggest that the mom-and- pop store is a thing of the past should meet Lee Jones and Eileen Usovicz, the couple behind the Clock Tower Bakery & Cafe .

Fans and friends are rallying around a former winner of a televised interior design contest.

An accident early Friday evening near the Anderson-Franklin county line left one woman dead and two men injured.

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft said today that prosecuting terrorists in federal court in New York City rather than a military tribunal jeopardizes the safety of Americans.In a press conference in Overland Park, Ashcroft, a former two-term Missouri governor and senator, said information coming out of a future trial could provide important ...

Congressman Dennis Moore's office has confirmed that it will submit the name of Overland Park attorney Barry Grissom to be the next U.S. attorney for Kansas.Lawrence lawyer Dan Watkins had been in the running for the state's highest law enforcement position, but withdrew from consideration last month.Grissom, 55, has his own practice and ...

Thursday, November 19, 2009 A Johnson County sex scandal is affecting a U.S. Senate campaign.

Two members of the board overseeing Kansas' higher education system said Wednesday that the state needs to consider raising new tax revenues because of its budget problems.

College Nannies & Tutors Overland Park invites college-bound 11th-graders to take a practice ACT test to gauge their current achievement level and readiness for college entrance exams.

Two Johnson County businessmen entered no-contest pleas this week for a nationwide theft scheme that took more than a million dollars from elderly customers.Two others involved from Sioux City, Iowa, also have pleaded guilty in Johnson County District Court.District Attorney Steve Howe said today that the consumer fraud scam hooked thousands of ...

Since moving from the East Coast several years ago, Bob Michaels sorely missed his favorite coffee chain Dunkin Donuts.So who can blame him for rushing the opening of a new Overland Park location? Michaels misread the sign on the door Closed.

Crowds were waiting outside the door for the first Dunkin' Donuts in the Kansas City area to open its doors Thursday morning.

Kerri Buckley presents her six-week class that will teach you everything you need to know to get started in this business.

The franchise is preparing for its' grand opening on Thursday, Nov. 12. The stress test allowed employees to hone their skills on a few customers before the grand opening.

Overland Park, Kansas police are investigating an act of vandalism that happened overnight.