Overland Park

Roof Snow Pack Forces Macy's Evacuation, Close In Overland Park

Dan Verbeck — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:59:23 +0000

Macy’s store at Metcalf South Shopping Center will stay closed for repair after emergency evacuation today.

Prairiefire Breaks Ground In Overland Park

Laura Spencer — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:15:56 +0000

City and state officials were on hand Thursday to lift the shovels during a ceremonial groundbreaking for Prairiefire, a new Overland Park development at 135th Street between Nall and Lamar. The site includes a natural history museum.

Kansas City, Overland Park Mayors Talk Regional Cooperation

Beth Lipoff and Steve Kraske — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:24:16 +0000

Kansas and Missouri say they’d like to work together, but they keep poaching each other’s businesses.

Overland Park Soldier Casualty Is Memorial Day Focus

Dan Verbeck — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:15:59 +0000

For an Overland Park family and their friends, this Memorial Day is marked with the freshest of wounds.

Art Generates Controversy In Johnson County

Laura Spencer — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:03:43 +0000

Prompted by a recent visit to the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens with her family, an area resident has started circulating a petition to remove one of the sculptures. The work is called "Accept or Reject" (note: a brass plaque also lists the title as "Choice") by sculptor 余畅 Yu Chang, an artist who also reportedly directs the Guangzhou Sculpture Academy. Overland Park officials say that, at this time, there are no plans to remove it from the Arboretum.

Body Found In Overland Park Creek After 6-Day Search

Dan Verbeck — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:02:48 +0000

The body of a man has been found this afternoon in Indian Creek in Overland Park, Kan.

Clothing Found In Overland Park Creek Points To Missing Man

Dan Verbeck — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:51:46 +0000

Searchers today found disturbing evidence along Indian Creek in Overland Park, Kansas as they spent a third day looking for a missing man.

Search Of Kansas Flood Waters Still Underway For Missing Man

Dan Verbeck — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:48:08 +0000

There is not a trace of the Overland Park man missing since he left home Sunday, saying he wanted to look at flood waters of Indian Creek, according to police.

Missing College Student Found, Was Not Abducted

Dan Verbeck — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:30:56 +0000

The 19 year old Johnson County Community College student missing since Friday, December 16th , has been found unharmed, five days after her disappearance from the University of Kansas-Edwards campus in Overland Park. Police say Aisha Khan had not been abducted.

Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass would not say where Khan had been, why she vanished or if she was with anyone. Police had committed search resources as if

A Turn To Old Fashioned Police Work For Missing Student

Dan Verbeck — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:43:52 +0000

Leads have thinned into the second and third tier variety as police in Overland Park and Olathe try, for a fourth day, to learn what happened to Aisha Khan. Investigators are questioning classmates, teachers and friends of the 19 year old Johnson County Community College student.

Heightened Search For Missing Student

Dan Verbeck — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:52:06 +0000

It’s been three days since a 19-year-old married college student went missing in Overland Park, and police have scoured several square miles looking for Aisha Kahn. The woman had called her sister complaining of a man harassing her.

A reward has been increased, and the FBI has extended the search.

Man Escapes Multi Alarm Overland Park Fire, Dog Rescued

Dan Verbeck — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:58:44 +0000

A fire this afternoon in Overland Park townhouses was caused by flammables stored too close to a water heater. Investigators say the cause was obvious.

Overland Park Annexation Opponents Plan Appeal

Laura Ziegler — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:04:40 +0000

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Kansas City, Mo. – Opponents say they'll appeal the decision to approve Overland Park's annexation of 8 square miles of semi-rural land.