Overland Park KS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Most people avoid cemeteries, but Kurt Jordan seeks them out. Twice a week, Jordan visits places like Elmwood Cemetery with his red truck, brushes and a mission to restore forgotten headstones. “Somebody called me Cemetery Man, and then I don’t know somebody else kind of...

Months after a high-profile grocery store closure on Kansas City’s East Side, another Sun Fresh is closing in the Kansas City metro. The Northland location at 4357 NE Chouteau Trafficway will stop serving customers Feb. 28, according to store director Mike Cooley. The store, which Cooley said is independently owned...

We almost didn’t share this list—part of us wanted to keep all the best vintage finds to ourselves. But if you’re willing to hit the streets and hunt the racks for that white whale of a secondhand find, Kansas City’s vintage shops deliver. Each shop has its own personality, and these are places where one-of-a-kind...

Crews have begun demolition at Parade Park Homes this month. Construction of a new version of the historic housing co-op, meant to revamp the struggling and closed complex, has been delayed since its groundbreaking in October of last year. Mayor Quinton Lucas said on KCUR’s Up to Date last week...

Movement inside the Jackson County Detention Center has been restricted after three people jailed there contracted COVID-19, according to the Jackson County sheriff. Three people in the jail tested positive for COVID on Friday, according to a Facebook post by Jackson County Sheriff Darryl Forté. Several others...

An adult male died in an early Monday morning apartment fire at 106th Terrace and Antioch Road in Overland Park.

Some patients at Olathe’s hospital are reporting sticker shock after receiving higher bills over the past year, a result they say has come on the heels of changes to services and billing under the University of Kansas Health System. Olathe Health was an independent health care system for 70 years before its...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Calling all Swifties! Especially those who like to pick up a book now and then. A Kansas City-area professor has published a book highlighting one of the world’s biggest pop stars and other women’s influence on the economy. ‘Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - ‘Drone delivery’ is now an option. Amazon’s long-promised service has officially arrived in the Kansas City metro. Prime Air, Amazon’s delivery service using FAA-approved electric drones, launched operations Monday, Feb. 9, from facilities adjacent to Amazon’s fulfillment center at 6925...

For Jessica Haynes, cooking with her 21-year-old son AJ is “the most amazing thing.” When Jessica and AJ, who has autism, prepare a meal side by side in their Raytown home, Haynes told The Independent, “he gets to learn new skills, and we get to learn things right along with it.” Jessica and her husband […]