Olathe News

An Olathe teenager is in critical condition after Kansas Highway Patrol troopers say the pickup truck she was riding in ran a red light and was hit by a tractor-trailer late Tuesday in southern Johnson County. The crash happened at...

Three men from Johnson County were among the skydivers killed in Sunday's plane crash in Butler, Missouri. Eleven skydivers and one pilot were on board on flight, which crashed at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, just after takeoff from Butler Memorial...

Indra Group's 118,000-square-foot radar manufacturing facility is making headway in Olathe, and one U.S. Senator recently stopped by to check on progress. U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall visited Olathe last week to tour the Indra Group's facility currently getting its final...

A 22-year-old Olathe woman was killed in a jet ski crash at Perry Lake on Sunday evening. In a news release, Jefferson County Sheriff Timothy Bacon said deputies responded along with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks at about...

The Olathe Board of Education has unanimously approved a three-year contract extension for Superintendent Brent Yeager. Yeager’s new contract, approved by the board on June 4, begins July 1 and goes until June 30, 2029. The Johnson County Post has requested...

An iPhone crash notification alerted Olathe Police to a crash near 153rd Terrace and South Black Bob Road early Wednesday morning. Police responded to the notification at 2:43 a.m. Olathe Police Sgt. John Moncayo, a department spokesperson, said officers arrived to...

For the past year, Madison Moore has managed to bring a piece of Hawaii to landlocked Johnson Countians. Her love story with baking started early, in a junior high economics class. She got a KitchenAid mixer after that, and began...

An Olathe Public Schools task force has concluded the district should close three to four elementary schools and one middle school. The decision concludes the first phase of the district’s facility alignment plan, which they announced in February. The district created...

For nearly six months, Olathe residents, developers and leaders debated over the best use of a vacant nearly eight-acre lot at 119th Street and Lone Elm Road. On Tuesday, that discussion came to an end when the Olathe City Council...

Toward the end of an Olathe City Council meeting on Feb. 17, Councilmember Matthew Schoonover took a moment to address the community following two recent high-profile incidents involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city. “I think everybody here...

A 17-year-old Spring Hill High School student was found guilty in the death of one of his classmates in 2024. On May 15 in Miami County District Court, the suspect, a 16-year-old at the time of the murder, was found...

A 26-year-old Gardner man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Friday evening in Olathe. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the crash happened at approximately 7:19 p.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 under the 127th Street bridge. According to...