Tag: Olathe
Kansas tourism headed for long recovery from ‘depression’
Kansas tourism will need years before it fully recovers from a devastating blow caused by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While there are...
UPDATED: Longtime Olathe mayor dies
(Updated to include comments from House speaker, governor, Kansas City mayor, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran)
Longtime Olathe Mayor Mike Copeland, who was the administrator of the...
Lawmaker agrees to diversion on perjury charge
Republican state Rep. Adam Thomas has entered into a diversion agreement with Johnson County prosecutors that will allow an election perjury charge to be...
Johnson County cities top population growth since 2010, new census numbers...
Johnson County cities, headlined by Overland Park, led the state in population growth this decade, new census estimates show.
Of the 10 cities in Kansas...
Cities battle back against telecoms, say they’re not impeding new technology
The three biggest cities in Kansas battled back against telecommunications companies Thursday, saying that franchise agreements do not slow down deployment of better and...
KCP&L agrees to cutting electric bills; separate rate class for schools...
KCP&L has tentatively agreed to trim electric bills after seeking a $26 million rate increase, according to an agreement filed with state regulators.
KCP&L will...
UPDATED: Johnson County House candidate arrested, charged
(Updated to reflect background of the case; inserts comment from Thomas' lawyer)
A Johnson County candidate for the Kansas House was arrested Thursday on a...
School requests for security grants reach $13 million statewide
School districts across Kansas asked for about $13 million in security grants, more than twice the amount that the Legislature authorized this year to...
