Overland Park News

Chris Gall, son of Leroy and Adele Gall, graduated from MidAmerica Nazarene University, with a Master of Arts Degree in Business and Organizational Leadership.

Federal regulators have ruled in favor of an engineer fired for reporting unsafe conditions created by a contractor at a nuclear power plant in eastern Kansas, his attorneys said Friday.

It happened to a man from Overland Park, KS, in Japan. Now, his family is trying to come up with a way to get him home where he can recover.

First lady Michelle Obama, left, delivers a commencement speech at Eastern Kentucky University Saturday.

Police activity in Overland Park, Kan., closed 78th Street between Lamar and Metcalf avenues for a time on Friday morning.

With session-ending budget and tax negotiations stalled Friday, the Senate found time to pass a bill barring state dollars from going toward advocating gun control.

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A plan to change how Kansas fills vacancies on its two highest courts foundered Tuesday when the Kansas Bar Association's board decided to oppose it.

DEAR ABBY: I am a divorcee with college-aged children. I love my children, and I thought I loved my ex.

Critics pounced immediately. “Why don’t they just outlaw drinking?” one bar owner said.

A KCTV5 survey of fire drill logs from a dozen Kansas school districts in the area revealed a number of schools failing to conduct monthly drills as required by state law.

Jack Kevorkian gained notoriety - and served prison time - for assisting patients who wanted to die.

Growing weary of cities that annex property on either side of a roadway but don't take responsibility for the road itself, Sedgwick County has sued the city of Andover over a portion of 159th Street East.

Kansas State University researchers are exploring the effects of drama therapy on patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis and are the first in the world to study the topic.

Kansas State Board of Education member Steve Roberts came under fire Tuesday for using the "N-word" at last month's board meeting.

The Altasciences Group is proud to announce the addition of Vince and Associates Clinical Research to its team providing comprehensive Phase I/IIa clinical drug development capabilities.

A lack of filling stations has been a barrier preventing CNG-powered vehicles from taking off in a bigger way.

The Kansas City Police Department tells us 6,931 homes were burglarized last year.

Foulston Siefkin LLP's new managing partner sees opportunities for the firm to build on the foundation laid by his predecessor.

When I go to another state and buy a product, I pay the state and local sales taxes of that locality.