Local search for Overland Park

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (169+ words) Melvin Strode, a 52-year-old blind man who lives with a traumatic brain injury, has been missing since before dawn Thursday, and Kansas City, Kansas police are calling him endangered as the search stretches into its second day. Strode was last…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (117+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department is asking for the public's help to find a missing blind man who suffers from a traumatic brain injury. Melvin Strode, 52, was last seen on foot around 5 a.m. Friday near North…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (46+ words) President Trump issued federal disaster declarations on Sept. 2 to assist Kansas communities in repairing infrastructure damaged by severe storms earlier this year. President Trump issued federal disaster declarations on Sept. 2 to assist Kansas communities in repairing infrastructure damaged by severe…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (40+ words) Firefighters in Overland Park responded to a house fire on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, near W. 127th Street and Bond. Firefighters in Overland Park responded to a house fire on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, near W. 127th Street and Bond....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (390+ words) BARTLETT, Kan. — A southeast Kansas fire department says they're feeling the impact of a nationwide trend. Staff at the Hackberry Township Volunteer Fire Department say a lack of volunteer personnel make every call they respond to that much more challenging....

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (104+ words) No one was injured after a fire spread between two vacant Kansas City homes Thursday evening and threatened a third home. Kansas City fire crews were called to the 6800 block of East 13th Street shortly before 6:45 p.m. When they arrived, the found…...

2+ mon, 45+ min ago   (111+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (239+ words) The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that additional heavy rainfall could worsen life-threatening flooding, prompting an Emergency Alert System (EAS) activation. Authorities said flash flooding was either already underway or expected to develop rapidly, creating life-threatening conditions across roads, neighbourhoods,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (92+ words) The Kansas Turnpike has reopened the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 between Wellington and South Haven after flooding closed the highway. WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas Turnpike has reopened the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 between Wellington and South Haven after flooding…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (361+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Cowley County Humane Society had to call on the community for help this weekend after its property flooded. Director Amy Gates said her kennel tech called her on Sunday morning and told her the water was…...