Closed down since the pandemic, the historic, single-screen Rio Theatre in downtown Overland Park could soon get new life and new owners — with a familiar famous face potentially in the mix. At 7204 W. 80th St., the theatre first opened on Christmas Day in 1946 as the Overland Theatre...

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