Overland Park KS

When the Stowers Institute for Medical Research opened its Kansas City headquarters in 2000, much of the scientific world was skeptical that biomedical research could succeed in the Midwest. The post At 25, Stowers Institute still searching for the secrets of life appeared first on The Beacon .

The parents of a Leawood fourth-grader are grappling with a future without their son after he died in an e-scooter accident.

A man with a gun who allegedly threatened a gas station clerk and was later shot by a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer is charged in Clay County Court with felony harassment.

SHAWNEE, Kan. (KCTV) - One man was shot late Monday night in a Shawnee parking lot just west of Interstate 35. The Shawnee Police Department shared about its investigation on Facebook. The shooting happened around 11:10 p.m. on Nov. 17 in a parking lot in the 10300 block of Shawnee Mission Parkway.

It appears that the popular local eatery, Corvinos, is set to close its doors after December 31st. The news was confirmed through a notification sent by the restaurant, indicating that a buyout deal that could have potentially saved the business has unfortunately fallen through.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Home values are falling for more than half of U.S. households. New research from Zillow shows 53% of all U.S. homes have lost value since last year – the biggest drop since 2012. But, according to Zillow, the vast majority of homeowners have seen...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Attention all 1970s and 1980s rock band lovers!. On Monday morning, Live Nation announced that Kansas City will see two major co-headliners at its newest outdoor concert arena next summer, bringing nostalgic hits and iconic rock anthems to the metro. Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner are...

One person was killed in a two-vehicle, wrong-way crash near the Kansas City International Airport early Tuesday morning.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Johnson County man was sentenced to 12 months of probation in connection with insurance fraud and attempted theft. According to the Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt, Macario Butler, 28, pleaded guilty to the charges on Nov. 7 in Johnson County District Court. Butler attempted to...

M&M Custard LLC, a franchisee of Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburger, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company is based in Overland Park, Kansas. It reported $5 million in assets and $28 million in liabilities. M&M Custard operates several Freddy’s locations in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois,...