Olathe, Kansas is a homey community with plenty of ... Dive into the restaurant scene, history and natural splendor of this Johnson County suburb. This story was first published in KCUR's ...

The first film in a documentary series about Olathe history was about a brick laying competition that was held at the completion of the Kansas City Olathe highway in 1925. “The Bricklayer” was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OLATHE, Kan. – Last Friday’s ...

WASHINGTON | Olathe and another Kansas school district are getting some federal help to improve the teaching of history. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Monday that districts in ...

The longest-serving mayor in Olathe, Kansas, history has passed away. The city said in a statement Thursday that Mayor Michael Copeland died Wednesday night at the age of 58. Copeland, who was ...

Yet, Olathe was founded in 1857, even before Kansas became a state in 1861. “It really has the most dynamic history of Johnson County,” Sheffer said. “There is a lot of interesting history t ...