Overland Park KS

Months after a restaurant and bowling venue closed its doors in southern Overland Park, a similar concept appears set to replace it. South Carolina-based 810 Entertainment has a new Overland Park location in the works, in the space previously occupied by Illinois-based Pinstripes. The venture has no connection to...

If you want your food delivered by a little train, there's only one Missouri place that can make that happen.

Gary Neal Johnson’s last time is now. After this, you won’t see him anymore. As Ebenezer Scrooge, that is. Johnson’s been a mainstay around Kansas City’s live theater scene for 44 years, with 24 of those spent playing Scrooge, the main character in Kansas City Repertory Theatre ’s rendition of the iconic Charles...

Last week, David Blank, the acting CEO of City Garden Montessori School, watched as $104,661 vanished from the school’s bank account. And City Garden wasn’t alone: All 18 St. Louis charter schools and all 20 in Kansas City saw money taken away, through no fault of their own, long after they’d spent it—clawed back by...

A Kansas City-area lawmaker wants to beef up penalties for drivers who don’t stop for school buses. State Rep. Mike Jones, R-Platte County, questioned why people are not more motivated to stop for children getting on and off school buses and suggests it’s because the punishment is not harsh enough.

There’s been an uptick in the number of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) cases in migratory birds in the Kansas City area. Jacqui Blessington, director of the Lakeside Nature Center in Kansas City, told Missourinet that it does not have an exact number of cases yet. “Our cases right...

As the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act marks its 50th year, Kansas City families worry that federal efforts to dismantle the Education Department will further erode their students’ rights. The landmark law requires that children with disabilities have access to a “free appropriate public education,” and...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While we’re enjoying the holidays, work is already well under way for the upcoming Missouri Legislative session. This week’s edition of “4 The People” focuses on Missouri, which had a dramatic end to last year’s regular session and a special session to redraw the state’s congressional map in hopes...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Firefighters with the Kansas City Fire Department extinguished a fire in a two-story duplex early Monday. KCFD companies were dispatched Dec. 22 around 3:50 a.m. to 50th and North Topping Avenue. On arrival, crews reported smoke and flames showing from the duplex and initiated an...

The Country Club Plaza’s future is coming into focus a year and a half after the property was purchased by Texas investors. It’s no secret that the Plaza has been struggling for years. In 2023, its former ownership group defaulted on nearly $300 million in debt as the shopping center struggled with slumping sales,...