Overland Park KS

KANSAS CITY —Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced multiple felony charges against a Kansas City man in connection with a shooting that killed one and injured another at a fast-food restaurant. Joseph H. Watson, 22, faces 2nd Degree Felony Murder, three counts of Armed Criminal Action, one count of...

Major changes to a once-derelict shopping center in Shawnee are expected to be completed in time for the World Cup. At a Shawnee City Council meeting in January, the owner of the Westbrooke Green shopping center at 75th Street and Quivira Road gave an update on the ongoing renovations to the complex, including what...

Sometimes the most extraordinary culinary experiences happen in the most ordinary-looking places, hiding in plain sight like delicious secrets waiting to be discovered by those in the know. Pancho’s Mexican Food in Overland Park, Kansas is exactly that kind of revelation – a modest establishment that delivers...

Eight days before Josue Avila-Carcamo is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in last weekend’s double homicide in Kansas City, Kansas, police arrested him on an outstanding domestic violence warrant. Karl Oakman, police chief of the Kansas City Kansas Police Department, said that warrant stemmed from a 2024 incident...

Three Kansas chefs and a Kansas cocktail bar are among semifinalists in the prestigious 2026 James Beard Award competition honoring culinary excellence. That nationwide competition, representing the "pinnacle of culinary recognition in the U.S.," has been held since 1990 by the James Beard Foundation and is presented...

The 18th and Vine Jazz District in Kansas City continues to draw musicians and visitors from around the world.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV) - Firefighters battled a two-alarm house fire early Thursday morning that displaced three and hospitalized two others for smoke inhalation. Overland Park Fire Department units were dispatched to a house fire at 186th and Lamar shortly after 1 a.m. on Feb.5. Upon arrival, firefighters found...

Shana Burgess cautions people from putting too much stock in year-to-year fluctuations in the number of Johnson County residents who died by suicide. “No matter what, one death by suicide is one too many,” says the director of Prevention and Community Relations at the Johnson County Mental Health Center. “Behind...

Priscilla Butler, 30, who goes by Lila with her family, never considered herself a creative person before she started her art business, LilasClayground. “I do this all by myself. I don’t have any employees; the exception (is) my dad coming to help me pack orders,” she said. Over the past six years, @LilasClayground...

KSHB 41 reporter Olivia Acree covers portions of Johnson County, Kansas. Share your story idea with Olivia. — Panasonic is ramping up its hiring efforts at its electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in De Soto. The company currently employs 1,400 workers at the facility, which has been operating two EV...