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Roeland Park Police confirm they’re investigating after gunfire was reported in the parking lot of the Walmart on Roe Boulevard. According to online call logs, officers were first dispatched to the store at 5150 Roe Boulevard at 3:21 p.m. on...

By Jodi Fortino Students across the Kansas City area were welcomed back to class this week by sweltering temperatures and heat index values in the triple digits. Local schools are no stranger to back-to-school heat waves. In recent years, school districts...

Community members held their breath while they waited for Olathe Public Schools to announce the list of schools recommended for closure last night. Tears of grief soon followed. The district recommended at the Olathe Board of Education meeting Thursday to...

Johnson County commissioners gave the final OK to the $1.9 billion county budget Thursday, sending it on its way to be translated into a portion of the bill individual homeowners will get in November. Commissioners finalized the budgets for the...

Earlier this year, antique shop Unique Finds closed its doors in downtown Overland Park, marking the end of one long chapter as owner Bob Southard moved onto his next one. But now, in the space off Santa Fe Drive, something...

William “Bill” Dean Cowan; Lewis Frazier; Lanny Herbert Ross; Mary Jane “Janie” Pendergrass; Sharon Gail Carter; Josephine Nyakinyua Karanja; Frances Barbara Semler; Barbara Louise Lay (Ormsby); Warren Dean Hicks; Nanette “Nan” Pfau Weber; Gary Wayne Seymour; Curtis Lee...

Overland Park Police confirm they arrested a man on a warrant for involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday morning. Officers arrested Kaiden Jordan Jimenez, 20, just before 11:30 a.m., while he was at work in the 7900 block of Metcalf Avenue. In an...

In a parking lot in Olathe in July, Gina Foulks sleeps overnight in her car with her doors and windows open to allow for air to pass through. Most nights, the air would be cooler than throughout the day,...

Olathe officials remain opposed to building an interchange at K-10 and Lone Elm Road. But with the project moving forward regardless, the city is accepting up to $18.7 million from the Kansas Department of Transportation to make it safer. The...

Editor's note: This story was updated at 4 p.m. Thursday to include comments from the Shawnee Mission School District. The proposed closure of East Antioch Elementary School is making waves in the school’s attendance area. A group of parents, students...

Before too long, a vacant property near the heart of downtown Overland Park will become apartments for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and people with low income. Spearheaded by local nonprofit Friends of Johnson County Developmental Supports, the Floyd...

A gardening center is gearing up to say goodbye to Johnson County. By the end of this year, Iowa-based Earl May Garden Centers plans to close its Shawnee nursery, with closing sales now underway. Earl May is at 21700 Midland Drive ...