Overland Park News

Overland Park will take over part of the historic Strang Depot property in downtown Overland Park from the historical society to use as a public plaza. Under this deal, the Overland Park Historical Society will maintain ownership of the actual...

Overland Park could move to a single-contract trash-hauling system that allows homeowners associations with their own contracts to opt out. While nothing is official yet and won’t be for quite some time, those are some of the key details from...

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...

Overland Park City Hall near Antioch Road and Santa Fe Drive has long served as the primary hub for city business. But within the next decade, city operations will move to a new city hall space closer to the heart...

The ever-growing Bluhawk development has two new eateries on the way. This month, the southern Overland Park development announced the incoming arrival of locally owned Five Four Restaurant & Drafthouse, and French bakery and cafe chain La Madeleine. Five Four serves...

Shawnee Mission welcomes two new high school principals this school year. The Post talked with both principals — at SM East and SM Northwest — about what drives them, their goals, their qualifications and more.  Leah Vomhof (Shawnee Mission East) A 1998...

After years of waiting, construction could soon start at the much-watched and long-lamented Brookridge Golf Club redevelopment near Interstate 435 and Antioch Road. That’s according to Grant Curtin, the lead developer of the project, who said Curtin Property Co. could...

This past weekend, in an Overland Park space that once churned out plates of barbecue, people lined up for something different. Inside the former Smoke Town BBQ space, customers dug into boils of Vietnamese pho. There are plenty of pho spots...

A 59-year-old man has minor injuries after crashing his minivan into the Blue River in southern Overland Park on Monday evening. Firefighters from Overland Park and Leawood responded to the scene along with Johnson County Med-Act paramedics for a possible...

Across Blue Valley’s six high schools, including the alternative school, four of them welcomed new principals this fall. The Post talked with each principal about what drives them, their goals, their qualifications and more.  Brad Page (Blue Valley North) Blue Valley North...

The Rio Theatre in downtown Overland Park could soon be returned to its former glory as a single-screen independent movie house, though the exact timeline is unclear. The historic theater first opened on Christmas Day in 1946, but it’s been...

Overland Park Police have ramped up bike patrols around city parks and trails following multiple reported assaults, including a sexual assault. The three reported assaults are at different parks and at different times of day, dating back to early August,...