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Overland Park News

Throughout her childhood in Overland Park, Quinn Austin and her father, Kerry Austin, had a nightly tradition. They ended the day, every day, with a game of volleyball. It was this common thread that eventually led to the opening of their...
Wisconsin-based financial technology company Fiserv, Inc. is the mystery firm eyeballing Overland Park’s Aspiria campus as the home for a new regional hub. The Fortune 500 company wants to lease out two existing buildings spanning roughly 425,000 square feet on...
An Overland Park teenager will spend the next four years in prison for stabbing two people in Shawnee, including breaking into a house and attacking his ex-girlfriend and another teen. On Friday in Johnson County District Court, Christopher Curtis was...
On top of the already approved slate of annual chip seal work, Overland Park will also use other road resurfacing methods, including mill and overlay and ultrathin bonded asphalt, to preserve and rehabilitate other streets in 2025. All told, the...
This week, sitting in her new bakery still felt like a dream to Maddie Callicot. “The whole first month, I don’t think I thought it was real,” she said. “It sounds cliche, it’s a dream come true. Every now and...
An unnamed Fortune 500 financial technology company is looking to open a new regional hub at Overland Park’s Aspiria campus, and the firm is asking for a boost from the city with a partial property tax rebate. The company, given...
A local student is a standout player on the cricket pitch, and he hopes to see more people take an interest in the sport. Raahul Aravind, a junior at Blue Valley North High School, said he started playing cricket as...
An Asian supermarket in southern Overland Park has officially taken over a former Bed Bath & Beyond space across the street from its former home. Pan-Asia Supermarket reopened in its new digs at the beginning of the month, at the...
This week, popular ice creamery Betty Rae’s will officially celebrate its arrival in Overland Park. The Kansas City, Missouri-based ice cream shop will open its newest Johnson County store in southern Overland Park on Wednesday. Throughout the next few days, the...
Overland Park has paved the way for a larger hotel and fewer retail buildings in a future phase at the heart of the Prairiefire mixed-use complex. Located on 135th Street between Nall and Metcalf avenues, Prairiefire is a mixed-use development...
A new sourdough baker in Overland Park has grown so much in popularity that the side gig is turning into a full-time operation. At the beginning of the month, Sabrina McCann, a Blue Valley Southwest alum, launched her brand new...
Coffee chain Starbucks has officially opened its newest Johnson County location. The Seattle-based chain unveiled a new store this month at the mixed-use Galleria 115 development in Overland Park. Starbucks opened at 11350 Nall Ave. The coffee shop occupies a space...