Overland Park is the second largest city in Kansas and is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri despite its location in Kansas. It was also the site of the first airplane flight west of the Mississippi River by the Wright brothers. The city is the setting for the Showtime original series The United States of Tara. Notable residents have included actor Paul Rudd (Knocked Up, Anchorman, I Love You, Man), psychologist Phil McGraw ("Dr. Phil"), actor Jason Sudeikis (Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock), and professional golfer Tom Watson.

Population: 149080
Local Newspapers: Johnson County Sun Kansas City Kansan Record
Local Sports Teams: Kansas City Royals and Chiefs
Local Colleges: Emporia State University Ottawa University University of Kansas-Edwards Campus Baker University-Overland Park Campus

Zip Codes associated with overland park, kansas: 66062 66085 66202 66203 66204 66206 66207 66208 66209 66210 66211 66212 66213 66214 66215 66221 66223 66224
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Aug. 18, 2017 : Inc. Magazine recognized TITLE Boxing Club, the nation's leading boutique boxing fitness franchise, on its 36th annual Inc. 5000 list. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segment- its independent small and midsized businesses.

For the second time in about a month, a fiery crash on Interstate 435 in Johnson County closed the highway. Westbound lanes of I-435 remained closed Thursday morning, more than 18 hours after the accident near Antioch Road in Overland Park.

The Overland Park Police Department released a video showing a tractor trailer crashing Wednesday morning on I-435 and bursting into flames. A small but powerful thunderstorm brought heavy rain, small hail and minor street flooding to Wichita on Wednesday afternoon.

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Aug. 15--Two young children were killed and several others were injured when fire swept through their apartment building early Tuesday in Overland Park. The children's mother and three men from another apartment were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries in the fire at Colonial Gardens Apartments, 8845 Broadmoor Court, according to Jason Rhodes, a spokesman for the Overland Park Fire Department.

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The children's mother and three men in another apartment were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries in the fire at Colonial Gardens Apartments at 8845 Broadmoor Court. Four of the 12 units in the apartment building were affected by the blaze, but the entire building has been evacuated.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Aug. 14, 2017 : JLL's Capital Markets experts today announced the company secured $221.25 million in acquisition financing on behalf of an affiliate of Group RMC Corporation. The loan will be used to purchase Corporate Woods, a 2.2 million-square-foot office campus consisting of 22 mostly Class A office buildings in Overland Park, Kansas.

In this 2009 file photo, then-Sen. Jeff Colyer, R Overland Park, right, talks with Sen. Mark Taddiken, R-Clifton, left and Sen. Ty Masterson, R-Andover, center, on the floor of the Kansas Senate. In this March 2017 file photo, Lt.

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Thousands of elementary students in the Shawnee Mission School District headed off to their first day of school Friday morning, but students at Brookwood Elementary School had a few changes to their routine from last year.

Investigators say a car driven by 42-year-old Aaron Ashlock of Kansas City, Kansan, was going west when it crossed the median and hit a car driven by 29-year-old Sarah Galutia of Overland Park.

A divided Shawnee County Commission on Thursday approved a resolution banning the sale or furnishing of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, tobacco products or liquid nicotine to anyone under 21 in the unincorporated areas. The move no longer allows such products to be legally provided to people ages 18 to 20. A divided Shawnee County Commission Thursday snuffed out the ability for people ages 18 to 20 to legally buy tobacco in the county's unincorporated areas.

Doris N. Graham, 91, of Emporia died on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at Park Meadows in Overland Park.

And this year, students at Brookwood Elementary School will be moving down the street into a temporary building, as the old building is demolished and rebuilt. "We are thrilled to keep it here in the neighborhood, but the concerns are obvious.

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