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Baseball has taught Drew Hull a lot. Over the past 15 years, he’s watched his two sons (now 21 and 19) grow up playing baseball — at their alma mater, Shawnee Mission East High School, and for different club teams...

A sandwich shop that landed with a splash in southern Overland Park is now serving customers further north in Prairie Village. The man who has spent his days repairing shoes in downtown Overland Park is retiring after decades, closing his...

For Stacy Davis, her new boutique in Overland Park is a longtime dream in the making. With a primary background in interior design and architecture, the bridal world has been in the back of her mind for years. It’s an...

Things get busy bright and early at 7522 W. 80th St. in downtown Overland Park. Within just an hour of the shop’s opening for the day on a morning last week, a line stretched to the door. As Roger Hodgson...

Iconic '90s toy store Toys "R" Us is making a comeback to an Overland Park mall. Oak Park Mall announced on its Instagram account this week that the big-box toy retailer known for its Geoffrey the Giraffe mascot and catchy...

Terrie Morris has spent the past few decades shaping young minds. For 46 years, she taught elementary students, including 35 years at Mission Trail Elementary in Leawood. Recently, she retired from the classroom. But soon, a new venture of hers...

After losing its grocery store earlier this year, an Overland Park shopping center appears to be getting another one. Iowa-based grocery Hy-Vee has filed plans to open a new grocery store at the Rosana Square shopping center, nearly ten months...

Nearly a decade has gone by since efforts formally began to reimagine the former Westbrooke Village shopping center in Shawnee. It’s been even longer than that since the once-deteriorating shopping center has had its own grocery store. Kansas-based Dillons left the...

A Kansas-based grocer’s new Olathe store has officially begun to take shape. This week, grocery chain Dillons held a groundbreaking in Olathe, marking the start of construction as the store works toward an opening in 2027. Dillons is coming to ​​College...

One of the oldest storefronts in Lenexa has kicked off a new chapter. A plaque near the shop’s entrance at 13416 Santa Fe Trail Drive declares it the historic “Ann Huseman” building, standing since the 1870s. The county's property records...

Since he was a teenager, it’s come naturally to Joe Smith to be surrounded by records. It all started when he landed a part-time job at a record store in 1987. After 15 years of working for entertainment retail company...

In a space previously dedicated to rock music and burgers, something new has officially begun. On Friday afternoon, where people once sipped beers and listened to live music, new customers browsed displays of clothes, jewelry and home decor from a...