Overland Park KS

Planet Comicon Kansas City is back at Bartle Hall this weekend for its 27th year. The pop culture festival will feature celebrity guests Elijah Wood and William Shatner, along with comic book creators, cosplayers, and vendors. The event has drawn tens of thousands of fans in past years and remains one of the region’s...

Veterinarian Ashton Sellers has made history in Kansas City’s veterinary space after owning an animal hospital. Hickman Mills Animal Hospital, the long-established clinic located in the Hickman Mills neighborhood, has been a community pillar since 1957, with only three previous owners. This Women’s History Month, a...

Editor’s note: Photo captions in this story were corrected at 11:25 a.m. to reflect that the Rock Island Bridge spans over the Kansas River. Kansas City area business leaders got their first peek at the soon-to-be open Rock Island Bridge during a Wednesday afternoon luncheon. Their meeting came a week before the...

Amazon's Prime Air drones are officially flying in the Kansas City, Kansas area, giving the public an up-close look at the new delivery system.

A former Leawood Italian restaurant will be transformed into a taco and margarita restaurant. Local Lime — an Arkansas-based “fresh-Mex” restaurant — will open a spot at 5005 W. 117th St., in the former home of Bravo! Italian Kitchen. This will be the fourth spot in the country and first in the KC metro. If all goes...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A new report warns that Kansas City’s proposed mini-bottle ban could cost the city $130 million and eliminate more than 1,000 jobs. Kansas City-based consulting firm Tripp Umbach released the assessment - titled Economic and Social Impacts of the Kansas City Small Bottle Sales Ordinance.

It may seem counterintuitive to think trees and parks don’t mix. But some trees don’t. Recent visitors to the west side of Kansas City’s Penn Valley Park, just south of the pond — between Penn Valley Drive and Penn Drive — may have noticed a stand of trees no longer standing. The trees, lining the base of the ravine...

Following last week’s successful recovery of a submerged fuel tank at Tuttle Creek Lake, comprehensive water quality sampling and monitoring plan continues to guide response decisions. The Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7, and the Kansas Department of...

Thanks to a former New York City sushi chef, an eight-seat omakase restaurant is on its way to downtown Overland Park. Kiyoshi Omakase will open at 8016 Santa Fe Drive, in the former Abol/Elsa’s Ethiopian Restaurant space. The intimate restaurant will soft open April 3. Customers must make reservations online to...

A newly released criminal affidavit details last week’s attack on an Olathe music teacher as she sat at a picnic table in a city park. According to the affidavit, released by the court at the request of the Johnson County Post, Olathe police officers were called to Two Trails Park just after noon on Thursday, March...