Olathe News

It’s back-to-school time, Johnson County. Students across most of Johnson County are already back in classrooms, including in Olathe Public Schools. Olathe School District students in kindergarten through sixth grades as well as ninth went back on Aug. 13 and seventh...

Could someone standing in their own front yard be charged with violating Kansas' Halo Act if a police officer was conducting a traffic stop less than 25 feet away? Olathe Councilmember Matthew Schoonover posed that hypothetical question during an hour-long...

Red filled the Olathe City Council chambers Tuesday night as councilmembers prepared to decide the fate of the Starfish Project Foundation’s proposed new home. Supporters of the community-assistance nonprofit, wearing its signature color, packed the room. After months of debate over...

A Missouri-based pizzeria has expanded its Johnson County footprint. On Monday, Missouri-based Pizza Tascio officially opened its new Olathe location — its first in the city, and its second Johnson County location overall. Pizza Tascio opened at 1485 E. 151st St. ...

Videos of Immigration and Enforcement agents in Olathe telling people filming them to stay 25 feet away have circulated social media this summer. This week, the state law behind that warning could become a part of Olathe’s municipal code. On Tuesday,...

Nearly eight months after the Kansas City Chiefs announced plans to move from Missouri to Kansas, work is beginning behind the scenes to relocate the team’s headquarters and training facility to Olathe. But some big questions remain unanswered. What will the...

An Olathe developer is going to build townhomes that will address the “missing middle” gap in housing. At below market value, they’ll be priced under $500,000. Olathe City Council approved a rezoning request and preliminary site plans Tuesday that will...

Olathe Police are investigating a head-on crash that killed a man on Friday morning. The crash happened at about 9:07 a.m. on 159th Street between South Lone Elm Road and South Clare Road. In a news release, Olathe Police spokesperson Sgt....

For weeks, reports of ICE activity in Olathe seemed to arrive almost daily, with residents documenting detentions at apartment complexes, businesses, gas stations and intersections and community volunteers tracking federal agents across the city. But since the July 11 detention...

Construction on Olathe’s largest-ever infrastructure project entered a new phase this summer, but city officials say the biggest traffic disruptions won’t come for over a year. With demolition complete along the I-35/Santa Fe corridor, the city began relocating utility lines...

A planned highway and road improvement project in Johnson County is moving forward with millions of dollars in federal funding. Lone Elm Road breaks up at Kansas Highway 10, curving into numbered streets in Lenexa to the north and Olathe...

About two dozen residents, volunteers and clients packed Olathe City Hall on Monday night for an emotional hearing over whether the Starfish Project Foundation should be allowed to move into a building at 135th Street and Brougham Drive. After more...