Overland Park KS

A man is dead following a fatal shooting near East 8th Street and Benton Boulevard on Friday. Officers with the Kansas City Police Department were dispatched to the 800 block of Benton Boulevard just after 4:30 p.m., according to a press release from the department. There, officers located a man suffering from...

Imo’s Pizza, known for its cracker-thin crust and gooey Provel cheese, plans to open its third Kansas City area location later this year. Franchise owner Jamie Poulsen is bringing the St. Louis-based chain to a 1,500-square-foot space at 8502 North Jefferson St., in the same building as the recently opened KPOT . The...

The wife of the Kansas City Fire Department paramedic who died during a training exercise last year has been awarded just under $1.1 million to resolve a workers’ compensation claim filed against the city. The City Council approved the award to Rebecca Ann Brinker without comment near the end of Thursday’s regular...

We will have some spotty rain overnight, and even a few rumbles of thunder. Hundreds fill steps of Wyandotte County Courthouse to honor Deputy Elijah Ming. Hundreds of faces were lit by the glow of candles, hands covering them to protect them from a gentle breeze, to hear from those who knew Deputy Elijah Ming as...

School nurse Jennifer Comer vividly remembers the number of students she had to exclude from Clark Middle School in Bonner Springs on a single day in 2013: 289. Why? They weren’t up to date on their state-required immunizations. In the past, the Bonner Springs-Edwardsville School District in Wyandotte County...

Children’s Mercy plans to expand its Overland Park hospital to make room for more medical offices and additional parking. The facility, situated between Metcalf Avenue and Nall Avenue just off Interstate 435, currently offers pediatric inpatient care, multiple specialty clinics, surgical care and other health...

LENEXA, Kan. (KCTV) - Questions from residents and nearby businesses, such as Julie Lopez, who owns Platinum Salon and Spa, still linger. Witnesses said locations of El Torro Loco, Legends, and Lenexa, right next to Lopez, were raided by ICE. “It makes me sad for the people. They’re great people....

Hundreds of people flooded the steps of the Wyandotte County Courthouse Wednesday evening, each somber person clutching a white candle in their hands. Each there for one purpose — to honor fallen Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy Elijah Ming. The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office hosted a candlelight vigil for Ming...

The City of Grandview will break ground on the expansion of Blue Ridge Boulevard on Monday, August 4 at 9:30 am. The multi-million dollar project is the largest infrastructure improvement in city history, affecting nearly five miles of the boulevard from 71 Highway on the east to Prospect Ave on the west. Plans call...

Shawnee police officers are searching for a man accused of stabbing another man inside a local business. The Shawnee Police Department responded to Hayward’s Pit Bar B Que around 1:30 p.m. on reports of a physical disturbance, according to a Facebook post from the department. A man allegedly stabbed another man...