Overland Park KS

In a quiet Overland Park shopping center this past weekend, one storefront stayed bright when the lights flickered off after dinnertime in other nearby windows. Inside, unlike other late-night destinations, coffee was served instead of cocktails. By the end of the new shop’s first weekend open, its owners said some...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s a new month in Kansas City, and once again the metro will play host to a variety of touring musicians. These aren’t all the shows going down in the KC metro during the month of April, but here are some of the more notable ones:

A pothole that grew into a four-foot sinkhole on West 39th and Terrace Street in the Volker neighborhood has been covered with a metal plate after city crews were flagged about the hazard.

An 1885 house in Kansas City’s Westside has cast a lasting spell. In 1996, master gardener and ceramicist Michele Polivka and master furniture craftsman David Polivka bought the home, which had been derelict. It needed everything—roof, walls, floors, wiring, plumbing. Room by room, the Polivkas brought the house and...

Police are investigating a fatal overnight shooting after officers found a man unresponsive on a sidewalk in a south Kansas City neighborhood, a police spokesperson said. Officers responded around 1:45 a.m. to the area of East 107th Street and Marsh Avenue in the Ruskin Hills neighborhood to assist Kansas City...

In Jefferson County, the question is blunt: keep the four-day school week or go back to five. With statewide staffing pressures pushing districts to shorten calendars, Grandview R-2 has put a reauthorization measure on the ballot that would lock in a Tuesday through Friday schedule for the next decade. The vote lands...

LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Mo. —Law enforcement are investigating the death of a boy in Lafayette County. Just before 9p.m. Tuesday, sheriff's deputies responded to report of missing 6-year-old boy in Waverly, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office. Multiple agencies and members of the community assisted in...

Over 500 people were laid off from Oracle’s Kansas City campus, new documents show, following nationwide layoffs at the global tech and software company that could reportedly hit tens of thousands of people. Oracle filed a notice with the state of Missouri that the company will be terminating employees at its Kansas...

As tenants, the only way we can make sure landlords to take accountability for their actions is by forming unions and sticking together, no matter how tough the fight gets (Marisa Demarco/Source NM).Most of the time, landlords win. When I was evicted from my Chicago apartment in 1999, I had no legal rights to defend...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two homes were damaged in a large fire Monday night after the flames from one property spread to a neighboring home in Shawnee, Kansas. According to the Shawnee, Kansas, Fire Department, at about 11:45 p.m., crews from Shawnee, Lenexa, Overland Park and the Consolidated Fire District No. 2 were...