Olathe News

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...

After being forced to leave two previous Olathe locations, Starfish Project Foundation thought it finally found a permanent home. Instead, the nonprofit has found itself at the center of a heated neighborhood debate. Starfish had to leave its first location...

When Komal Kaur, an Olathe East alumna and founder of Eye of an Immigrant, thinks about immigration, she thinks about her parents. On Thursday afternoon at Johnson County Square Park, Kaur told a crowd of roughly 100 people that she...

The first piece of Olathe’s $320 million Halo Ridge development is on track to open in less than six months, while the larger, “ultra-accessible” entertainment district could welcome visitors as early as spring of 2028. Developers are targeting a Jan....

Newly released records give a clearer picture as to what led to ICE’s detention of a U.S. citizen in Olathe last week — and what the Olathe Police Department’s role was during the encounter. An ICE agent called Olathe police...

The Kansas City Chiefs have taken another step toward building their new headquarters and practice facility in Olathe, announcing that Kansas City-based engineering firm Burns & McDonnell will help oversee the $300 million project. The team announced Thursday that Burns...

A 19-year-old U.S. citizen was taken to New Century Detention Center, detained for hours and released without charge after an encounter with an ICE agent in Olathe on Saturday. That same agent, Jack Ravencamp of Johnson County, is currently facing...