Overland Park

The Kansas Department of Transportation is slated to remove the century-old bur oak tree, which is located at the southwest corner of 119th Street and U.S. 69, to make room for the 69Express toll lane project.

Noor Haideri, a 16-year-old high school junior from Overland Park, won first prize and a $250,000 college scholarship from the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, for a science video she created about blue light and how it disrupts our sleep cycle.

Surrounding cities have voiced opposition to a possible landfill in southeast Kansas City, Missouri. But the city continues to claim there are no plans for such a project. Plus: An Overland Park game café has become a home and hangout for "three generations of nerds."

Shawnee Mission West senior Bella Messmer launched Bubba’s and Bella’s Boards after her homecoming dance last year. The business specializes in charcuterie boxes, charcuterie cups and grazing tables.

The campaign will ultimately spend $1 billion to humanize Jesus and Christianity, asking “How did the world's greatest love story become known as a hate group?” The ads are funded, in part, by Hobby Lobby, known for its advocacy of conservative causes.

Family Tree Nursery has been owned and operated by the Nelson family since its founding in 1964, and has since grown to three locations in Kansas and Missouri. But one thing has remained constant: Creating flocked Christmas trees.

Rockette Mindy Moeller says she keeps coming back to Radio City each season because she's "not done learning."

Police officers in Johnson County’s biggest cities say they do not expect Missouri's impending recreational marijuana law to change much about their operations. Marijuana possession is still illegal, as is driving while impaired.

With TVs, outdoor play and "pooch perfume," K9 Resorts has dogs living like kings.

Jewish Family Services’ food pantry is seeing demand for its services going up — right along with prices for many of the food items and products it supplies.

In the race for the District 3 seat on the Kansas Board of Education, voters will choose between two candidates who diverge on curriculum, how schools discuss mental health and other hot-button issues.

Although the Overland Park Farmers Market — which runs Saturdays from mid-April to December — has been established for the past 40 years, this is its first year competing in the annual contest, which drew more than 7,000 competitors.