4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (165+ words) IRC’s staff, volunteers and community partners work together to empower refugees to restore their dignity and self-reliance and participate in their new communities. Program for Initial Resettlement (PIR): Meeting critical needs in the early months after arriving in the United…...

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…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1828+ words) With the Kansas City Streetcar now extending south to the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the ride itself has become a tour of the city. No parking meters, no long walks uphill — just hop off, stroll a few blocks and find…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago   (405+ words) Construction is causing a lack of convenience for some RideKC users in Johnson County. The Johnson County Division of RideKC recently shut down operations at the downtown Overland Park Farmers' Market stop. The county says its buses can’t make it…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (324+ words) Big changes could soon be in the works at the Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, where the mall’s owners have proposed some new developments that would reshape the space into a mixed-use district. The mall’s owners recently submitted to…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (962+ words) The doors are open for Kansas City small businesses, city officials said Wednesday night from Union Station, welcoming locals and visitors near and far to a new, five-week marketplace in the iconic Grand Hall — timed to capture crowds from the…...

1+ day, 24+ min ago   (380+ words) A $40.52 million plan to rebuild 175th Street between 179th Street and Antioch Road in Overland Park is running into resistance from homeowners who say the project's sidewalks, trails and tree removal reach far beyond what their stretch of road needs. City officials…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (189+ words) OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV) - January 16. That’s the deadline for the owner of South Overland Park’s former Incred-A-Bowl to complete repairs or tear down the long vacant building at the corner of 151 Street and Antioch Road. In a unanimous 11-member vote,…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (275+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Residents in Kansas City, Kansas, and Olathe will have a chance for their voices to be heard in public hearings Tuesday for funding for the Kansas City Chiefs’ new stadium and team headquarters. The Unified Government announced…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1366+ words) Kansas City has a long history with speakeasies, going back to before Prohibition. Our Adventure! about local distilleries gives a great history of the liquor trade and how, at one point, the West Bottoms had 25 different saloons. And those are…...