Overland Park headlines and updates

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (479+ words) Kansas City FilmFest International returns for its 30th year September 18-20 at AMC Ward Parkway, screening 100+ narrative and documentary shorts and features under new Head Programmer Melanie Addington. The three-day event will preview two unreleased films shot in Kansas City and welcome…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (241+ words) Music filled the air Sunday at the Rock Island Bridge as local performers took part in Kansas City's annual Make Music Day celebration. The event, now in its sixth year locally, is part of a worldwide effort to bring people…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (233+ words) OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The future site of the Downtown Overland Park Farmers Market is nearing completion. In just about six weeks, the construction site at West 79th Street and Mary Street will transform into the new and improved home of the…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (209+ words) There was a bit of confusion Saturday about one of the more popular farmers markets in the Kansas City area. According to the Overland Park Farmers Market, over 100 people ended up at the construction site of the Clock Tower Landing…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (197+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas City is celebrating ‘Fountain Day’ - a spring tradition marking the start of fountain season across the metro as the city prepares to welcome visitors for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The city’s fountains will be turned…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (260+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This weekend spruce up your car and support a great cause. All Club Car Wash locations on the Kansas side of the metro are donating $1 from each $5 MVP wash this weekend to benefit Special Olympics Kansas. The…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (696+ words) Not so long ago, if you needed something for your home, work, or body, you made it yourself. Just a few generations ago, many people wove their own fabric, made their own clothes, grew their own food, fixed their own…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (204+ words) The nationally prominent Plaza Art Fair, which has been an annual celebration since 1932, returns to the streets of Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza this weekend. One significant change is that the festival will close earlier than in recent years on…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1050+ words) September is finally here, and you know what that means: it’s fall festival season around Kansas City! And our metro has events to celebrate all the autumnal classics, including pumpkin patches, corn mazes, harvest season and Halloween. We put together…...