Blue Valley Area

Leawood Police are crediting a dog with alerting an officer to help its owner, who was in need of medical attention at a residnential home last month. Leawood PD posted edited clips of the officer's body cam footage to social...

Overland Park could pull in millions of dollars for projects around its future city hall under the recently approved Black & Veatch redevelopment incentive deal. The entire package — one of the largest in Overland Park’s history — is tied...

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If Democrats are to hold on to the governor's mansion in Kansas, it will be Cindy Holscher whom voters send there. The state senator from Overland Park is running against Republican Senate President Ty Masterson in this year's gubernatorial contest...

An Overland Park cafe space will soon trade sweets for sushi. Last fall, longtime eatery and sweets shop André’s Confiserie (known primarily for its Swiss chocolates) closed its doors in Overland Park. At the time, the family-owned brand had operated...

By Rachel Schnelle New caps on federal student loans are intended to limit student debt and pressure higher education to lower costs, but that could cause unintended consequences and ultimately worsen a shortage of physicians in Kansas and nationwide. The limits...

It didn’t take long for Gardner to decide to stop using its Flock Safety cameras early after residents started raising concerns about the technology and its potential privacy implications. The devices in question are a type of Automated License Plate...

Overland Park could soon ask city voters to decide on a new sales tax to pay for parks and recreation projects, though several details are still unclear. Currently on the table is a 1/8-cent sales tax, a 1/4-cent sales tax...

This campaign season, Post editor Kyle Palmer has extended offers for one-on-one Q-&-As to all candidates running for statewide offices, including U.S. Senate, Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State and Kansas State Board of Education.  We will publish videos of...

Johnson County gained multiple new stops for caffeine this month, and another one is still on the way to downtown Overland Park. Also, a husband-and-wife duo that formerly had multiple Painted Tree storefronts has now opened their own multivendor market...

Susan Pekarek, who has shepherded Johnson County through two of its largest building projects, will retire as general manager of Johnson County Wastewater on Thursday, Oct. 1. County commissioners bid Pekarek farewell last Thursday, praising her leadership of a department...

Two Election Day polling places in Johnson County at the church where U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hamilton is pastor have been moved. That's to avoid having voting at what is considered Hamilton's "place of business," said Johnson County Election Commissioner...