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The Kansas City Star

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Retired teacher opening ‘community chosen' bookstore in south Johnson County

A Kansas City teacher has decided to spend her retirement pursuing her longtime dream of opening a business in south Olathe. Ever since Terrie Morris saw the movie “You’ve Got Mail” featuring Tom Hanks, she’s felt that owning a bookstore is her second calling. “I just love books. I like to read. Being a little ADHD myself, reading can be a challenge, but you know, I love characters, I like kids’ books and I’ve always wanted to own a business, so here I am,” she said. The Reading Garden is scheduled to open on Nov. 17 at 1489 E 151st St. It will be a general bookstore selling titles for all ages, as well as gifts, candles, plants and more. It’s an open space with bookshelves lining the walls, but the organization may be different from what shoppers are used to. Along with shelves organized by genre or age group, Morris will have shelves designated to several nationally recognized book lists and book clubs. “I’m kind of one of those people that likes to go against the grain just because I can, so I did like the Today Show book list, I did Oprah’s book list, and I did Good

Olathe, KS · 6d

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Overland Park ice cream shop that hires workers with disabilities is hitting the road

The Golden Scoop will permanently close the doors of its flagship store at 95th and Nall Ave., in Overland Park, Kansas, on Saturday, Oct. 31. The ice cream shop opened in 2021 as a place to hire and empower people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Overwhelming support for the store led to them opening a second Overland Park location, which will remain open.

Overland Park, KS · 7d
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Tabby's Pantry

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A road trip stop Kansas has waited years for might be arriving sooner than anyone guessed

Buc-ee's job postings now point to a spring 2027 arrival in Kansas City, Kansas, months ahead of the project's outside October 2027 deadline. For road trippers and home cooks, that means the state's first Buc-ee's food counters could open sooner than expected.

Kansas City, KS · 7d

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Fill the jobs, audit the books: Stacy Lake’s back-to-basics pitch for a county on fire

Stacy Lake never planned to become a politician. She always wanted to help her community, but the courtroom is where she always planned to do it. A civil litigation attorney for more than a decade, Lake started out representing people caught in the municipal court system, where a single ticket can snowball into harsher charges and mounting fines. She later took on discrimination cases, where tight filing deadlines can kill a claim before it ever reaches a courtroom.

Jackson County, MO · 8d
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JE Dunn picks company alum as chief legal officer

JE Dunn is bringing back a former executive to take over for its longtime legal chief, who will retire at the start of 2027. The Kansas City, Missouri-based builder has tapped Colby Cox as its next chief legal officer, according to a Thursday announcement. Cox will replace Tom Whittaker, who will retire after more than three decades with the firm. The move is effective Jan. 1.

Kansas City, MO · 7d

The Kansas City Star

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Is the owner of United Market at Linwood a grocery whisperer? He's opening No. 2

It might be becoming a thing. The guy who took over the former Sun Fresh in the Linwood Shopping Center to save a grocery store for East Side Kansas City residents in the Prospect corridor might have a knack for turning around urban markets. We’ll see, because that guy, Anthony Estrada , just took on a new challenge: managing another grocery store in what used to be The Merc Co+op, a community-owned market in Kansas City, Kansas. It’s a project Estrada said he’s been working toward for more than a year. And now it looks like he may be only two or three months away from opening what will be his second urban grocery store. It will be a United Market, just like the store he opened in May at 31st Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City. The Kansas store will have the same logo as the Linwood Shopping Center store — hands cupping a piece of fruit — and share the same color scheme, so he is going for a recognizable look. Like the United Market on the Missouri side, the KCK market will be owned and subsidized by the local government. Estrada has the management contract, charging

Kansas City, KS · 8d

KSHB 41 Action News

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Fairfax Assembly Plant turns 80: Workers reflect on decades of manufacturing

The General Motors Fairfax Assembly and Stamping Plant is marking 80 years of manufacturing , along with the workers who build the vehicles at the Kansas City, Kan., facility.

Wyandotte County, KS · 9d

KSHB 41 Action News

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Records show chemical company tied to Olathe contamination linked to other sites

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Bureau of Environmental Remediation Identified Sites List Information tracks contaminated sites. A search for CCI brings five total results.

Olathe, KS · 8d

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Kansas City wants residents to help decide how to spend central city tax dollars

A sales tax program meant to transform long-neglected corridors of Kansas City’s central city earned overwhelming voter support this summer, said Andrea Bough, noting renewed work to steward millions in public investment begins now — guided by the community most impacted. “Voters chose to continue the program for...

Kansas City, KS · 9d

The Coconut Mama

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The first Kansas Buc-ee’s may be closer than we thought

Kansas Buc-ee’s fans have a much earlier target to circle. A week after our latest look at construction and road closures around the state’s first Buc-ee’s, the company’s recruiting pages…

Kansas · 10d

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New locally owned bridal boutique opens in Overland Park

For Stacy Davis, her new boutique in Overland Park is a longtime dream in the making. With a primary background in interior design and architecture, the bridal world has been in the back of her mind for years. It’s an interest that began during her time working for multiple bridal boutiques in the Kansas City area, including now-closed David’s Bridal in Lenexa.

Overland Park, KS · 8d

FOX4 News Kansas City

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Edgerton hires community consultant amid data center conversation, other emerging industries

Edgerton, KS · 8d

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Kansans Still Have Time to Control Winter Energy Bills

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — As temperatures begin to cool, Kansas Gas Service customers still have time to take proactive steps that can help reduce their energy usage and avoid surprises on their monthly bills as colder weather sets in. While customers can’t control the weather, they can control the...

Kansas · 9d

TheTrucker.com

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See three trucking legends inducted into ATHS Hall of Fame

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The American Truck Historical Society (ATHS) celebrated the people behind some of trucking's most enduring names during the American Trucking and

Kansas City, MO · 9d

Wichita Eagle

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3 Kansans among America's 400 richest in 2026, worth a combined $102.1 billion

Three Kansas residents landed on Forbes’ 2026 list of the 400 Richest People in America, with a combined net worth of $102.1 billion. The annual report found that this year’s list is worth a combined $8 trillion — the highest in the report’s 45-year history. Charles...

Kansas · 11d

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Wyandotte County, KCK voters to consider two sales tax increases

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte County shoppers could see some extra cents added at the end of their receipts. Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, voters have two sales tax referendums to consider. The first, a quarter-cent sales tax that would be countywide and go...

Wyandotte County, KS · 11d

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Kansas City's Oldest Building Survives Demolition, Reborn as Loretta Jean's

The former Seiden's Furs building at 935 Broadway sat with a partially collapsed roof and an emergency demolition notice hanging over it when developer Chris Sally stepped in. Crews later hauled out more than 20 dumpsters of decades-old belongings to clear the structure, and hazardous water pooled in the basement complicated the cleanup work along the way.

Kansas City, MO · 11d

KSHB 41 Action News

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EPA tells companies to create new plan to clean up Olathe contamination

Companies sent their rejected chemicals for decades to a site in Olathe to be recycled, repurposed and sold to someone else.

Olathe, KS · 11d

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Potential sales tax initiative could help improve downtown Merriam

MERRIAM, Kan. – At a meeting Monday, Merriam city leaders discussed potential sales tax initiatives that could help fund its Downtown Master Plan Project. "The main thing is to try to get it out of the floodplain or get as much of the downtown out of the floodplain. So that it can be redeveloped," said Merriam's Mayor Bob Pape. "Currently, with the federal statutes, you cannot develop in a floodplain. So in order to make any drastic changes, we've got to elevate the ground level in order to build new buildings potentially down there."

Merriam, KS · 11d