Overland Park News Archives

A Salina family got a special weekend cheering on the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Jerome Schoel has noticed his son, Jon, is a Nebraska football fan.

It was not designated as such on any calendar, but I recently experienced my first Firefighter Appreciation Day.

YRC Worldwide Inc. reported another loss in the third quarter, but the struggling trucking company also extended a lending agreement to October 2010.

The secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce is resigning to lead Missouri's economic development agency, officials said Thursday.

Gas was less than 30 cents a gallon, a first-class postage stamp cost four cents, and there was no development south of 107th Street in 1960.

Llywelyns Pub and its customers are the victims of a sophisticated cyber credit card attack, Overland Park police said Wednesday.Overland Park police encourage anyone who has used a credit card at Llywelyns Pub within the last six months to monitor their statements for fraudulent expenses.Police Spokesman Jim Weaver said that more than 100 victims, ...

Overland Park police said this morning that they have found a vehicle involved in a Monday hit-and-run accident that injured two people, one of them critically.The accident at about 6 p.m. Monday at 122nd Street and Tomahawk Creek Parkway was caused by a young white driver, possibly a teen, driving a newer model GMC Suburban, police said.He was ...

Kansans can file for unemployment benefits online and get free assistance at any of four state workforce centers in Topeka, Wichita, Overland Park and Kansas City, it was announced Tuesday.

Overland Park police are searching for a couple they say tried to pass a forged check for more than $1300. Police say a woman tried to pass the check at a business in the 9300-block of Quivira Road.

A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., charges each of the three men with one count of attempted bank robbery and one count of using a handgun to commit a bank robbery.

Thirty days in jail is a steep price to pay for telling another driver that you fucked his daughter doggy style .

Charges have been filed against three Kansas men arrested in connection with a failed bank robbery Thursday in Kansas City, Kan., the U.S. Attorney's Office said Friday.

Thirty-eight-year-old Michael T. Cowley admitted he posed on Facebook as a 19-year-old girl so he could persuade minor boys to send him nude photos.

BNSF Railway Co.'s Technical Training Center in Overland Park, Kan., reached a new locomotive engineer training milestone earlier this month.

A 38-year-old elementary school teacher and coach has admitted posing as a young woman on Facebook and talking boys into sending him nude pictures of themselves.

Pfizer announced Tuesday that it will move the headquarters of the former Fort Dodge Animal Health from Overland Park to Pfizer Animal Health's base in Madison, N.J. A day earlier, a Pfizer official said the pharmaceutical company "will be maintaining a presence in Overland Park for some time." But a decision to move was made Tuesday.

A change in approach in the way I announce the weekly ScuttleButton winner. Each week, during the Political Junkie segment on NPR's Talk of the Nation , I offer up a trivia question, and the first correct responder wins a gorgeous t-shirt. But there's no similar prize for becoming the randomly-selected solver of the ScuttleButton puzzle.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.- Cars lined up an hour before the flu shot clinic opened at Saint Luke's South Sunday morning.

Overland Park police this morning asked for help identifying a man who tried to snatch a womans purse.The attempted robbery took place about 12:15 a.m. Aug.

The Legacy of Greenery Committee accepts nominations for outstanding landscaping efforts by commercial developments, businesses and public entities.

" Police in Johnson County say parents should be on alert for a new type of drug use among young people.

Kansas Department of Commerce Secretary David Kerr today presented the Unified Government of Wyandotte County with a proposal that could bring a new Gilyeat to host meet and greet events Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Candidate Dan Gilyeat will host two meet and greet events in the coming weeks.

Two Overland Park residents were rushed to the hospital after suspected Carbon Monoxide poisoning.

A Chinese woman in the U.S. on an asylum application for religious persecution has been sentenced to eight years for running a prostitution ring out of massage parlors.

Kansas State University's new president promised Thursday that the university will spell out next month how it plans to deal with issues raised by a state audit disclosing questionable financial transactions.

Posted: Thursday, 15 October 2009 12:50PM Three Men Accused of Killing Overland Park Teen Appear in Court The family of murdered teen Keighley Alyea showed up in full force at the Johnson County Courthouse for a brief appearance by the three men accused of her killing.

A Chinese woman who is considered the leader of a group that forced Asian women to perform sex acts at Johnson County, Kan., massage parlors is being sentenced Wednesday in federal court.

Overland Park City Council meeting will be held next Monday. Overland Park, Ks - infoZine - Residents are invited to offer suggestions for the 2011-2015 Capital Improvements Program at the next City Council meeting, Monday, Oct.

Two Chinese nationals were sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison for coercing Asian women to come to Kansas City and forcing them to perform sex acts for customers at two area massage parlors.

Jayme Wear married a charming man last year and they lived a good life at their Overland Park apartment.Until she discovered him with another woman in another apartment at the same complex.The two women discovered they were both married to him.On Tuesday, Charles L. Clemens, 62, pleaded guilty to bigamy in Johnson County District Court.

WDAF reports: "An Overland park woman had one of the first life-threatening cases of the H1N1 virus in the United States .

3-6 in Topeka. He succeeds Jack Rowlett, a city councilmember from Paola. "During these tough economic times, cities need to work together closely to solve common problems," Gerlach said.

Overland Park, Kan. work crews begin work Monday on a road improvement project involving College Boulevard from Benson to Nall.

Two armed robberies that happened early Sunday night may be related, according to Overland Park Police.

Menacing, metallic and mega-gun brandishing, the cyber super soldier looms over Richard Flemings desk.Not exactly stereotypical for a professors office at Johnson County Community College?Well, as the Gears of War crowd might say: Eat boot! Suck pavement! Get back into your hole!This professor under the Halo 3 figure teaches video game development.

After four trials, a judge has acquited a suburban Kansas City woman who was accused of assaulting a police officer before she was shot and wounded.

RENTON, Wash.- PACCAR Parts has recently unveiled an enhanced fleet-service program that provides guaranteed, national pricing, customized reporting and centralized billing for fleet customers through Kenworth PremierCare and Peterbilt TruckCare services.

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is suing propane distributor Ferrellgas, alleging the company charged residential customers higher-than-promised prices and sometimes added punitive fees.

18 in Overland Park. The event is sponsored by the Travel Industry Association of Kansans and the Travel and Tourism Division in the state Department of Commerce.

Westside Family Church in Lenexa isn't a regular place of worship for the family of slain Overland Park teen Keighley Ann Alyea.

Blake Flanders and Dianne Glass to the Kansas Works State Board . a oeDuring this difficult economic time, ita s important the state utilize all its resources in helping Kansans get back to work,a said Parkinson.

Mayor Carl Brewer is now the Vice President of the League of Kansas Municipalities .

The body of Keighley Ann Alyea, the 18-year-old Overland Park woman missing for almost a week, was found Monday evening in rural Cass County, Overland Park police said today.

Americans need to be more aggressive in adopting renewable energy, conserving electricity and embracing global efforts to solve climate change, the Danish ambassador to the U.S. said Monday.Acknowledging that he was toeing a fine line as a foreign diplomat, Friis Arne Petersen told Kansas City-area business leaders during an energy policy symposium ...

Police in suburban Kansas City continue to talk with friends and family of a teenager who's been missing for nearly a week.

Overland Park police have found missing teen Keighley Ann Alyea's car. Officers found Alyea's 1993 Green Mazda 626 abandoned at 62nd and Marty in Mission, Kansas.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - " Farmers with seasonal produce, music, and a "live" scarecrow contest were part of the Octoberfest celebration Saturday in downtown Overland Park.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. a ' The Overland Park Police Department is asking for the publica TMs help in locating a missing 18-year-old girl.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. a ' Temporary ramps at the interchange of U.S. 69 Highway and 95th Street will open on Friday.

With the concern over swine flu stealing national attention, there's a different strain of flu that's affecting pets.