Overland Park KS

The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department was called to an injury crash around 11:44 a.m. Wednesday off of US 71 Highway.

Two Kansas City Police Department officers were recognized for their bravery after saving a young woman from a lake. On February 15, Officers Manley and Hawley responded to a call near Pittman Rd. and E 43rd, where they found two people in the water. The officers removed their gear, entered the lake, and rescued a...

A Jackson County judge ruled Wednesday that Independence residents could not put the city’s more than $6 billion in tax breaks for an artificial intelligence data center on the ballot. Residents sued the city earlier this month after it rejected their efforts to put the 20-year, 90% tax incentives...

The Wyandotte County Unified Government has launched phase two of its trash and recycling cart program, distributing two free 96-gallon bins to every household.

For five years, Kansas City has required developers to provide affordable housing if they get a tax break. The City Council is considering slashing the set-aside fee, effectively gutting that requirement. The post Mayor Quinton Lucas proposes major rollback of Kansas City’s landmark affordable housing policy...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A driver is dead after his pickup truck went airborne and flipped on Highway 71 in Kansas City. The Kansas City Police Department says the crash happened just before 11:45 a.m. on Friday, March 25, near 85th St. and Highway 71. Officers say they found...

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas on Tuesday pressed for city officials to have more say over how money is spent on homelessness prevention programs after The Star reported on a pair of allegations leveled against a local nonprofit leader tied to a federal criminal probe. Lucas, during a lengthy budget hearing inside...

A rolling shooting that began on an Overland Park residential street and ended in a fiery crash in a Prairie Village park over the weekend unfolded after the victims said they were followed from Kansas City, police said. Overland Park and Prairie Village police are jointly investigating the shooting that occurred...

A domestic assault call in Kansas City escalated into a police shooting. Officers responded to the area of 41st and North Wheeling Avenue, just off Parvin Road north of the river, shortly before 9 p.m. on March 23. When a man inside the home picked up a knife, an officer...

After making a brick-and-mortar debut in Fairway last year, a local juicery and eatery has expanded in Johnson County. Earlier this month, Zen Donkey Farms opened its newest cafe — this one on the AdventHealth Shawnee Mission campus in Merriam. Zen Donkey opened at 9100 W. 74th St. Zen...