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Developer wants to remake historic De Soto ‘village’ near new Panasonic plant
Developers have rolled out a $55 million plan to rehab a historic pocket of homes in De Soto with the aim of turning the area into a site for affordable housing near the new Panasonic EV battery plant. Gardner-based Wheatland Investment Group made its first public presentation of the plan...
58 years later, relic of local royalty returns to its rightful owner
In 1966, the country watched as Overland Park’s own Debbie Bryant was crowned Miss America, the first ever from Kansas. Here at home, the City quickly installed street signs along thoroughfares, proudly boasting, “City of Overland Park: Home of Miss America 1966, Debbie Bryant.”. The sign were an...
Experts weigh in after contractors strike gas lines across state lines
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Residents in a Parkville neighborhood were on edge after a gas line was hit Tuesday evening while crews were in the area installing Google Fiber. This incident comes nearly 24 hours after part of a home exploded in Independence due to a gas line also being hit while Google Fiber was being installed.
OP’s $25M plan to upgrade southern stretch of Switzer Road to get federal dollars
The Kansas Department of Transportation will partner with Overland Park on a big improvement project along Switzer Road, a key upgrade for a major thoroughfare in the southern portion of the city. On Wednesday, the Overland Park City Council Public Works Committee voted 5-0 to recommend accepting nearly $3.6 million...
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