The Overland Park Planning Commission has recommended approving rezoning for a 228-unit multifamily complex geared toward the 55-plus crowd. Four months ago, the commission unanimously rejected an earlier proposal.

Rob Riggle, Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis, David Koechner and Eric Stonestreet will return to Kansas City this spring to host the Big Slick in person. The popular charity event has been held virtually for the past two years during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Big Slick is scheduled for June 24-25. It will include a celebrity classic baseball game at Kauffman Stadium. Anyone who purchases a ticket for the Kansas City Royals-A’s game on June 24 will also be able to watch the celebrity baseball game. Big…

After back-to-back years of the festival being canceled, Boulevardia is returning in 2022 with some big names headlining the show. The two-day festival, which celebrates craft beer and live music, will feature performances by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Dashboard Confessional, Dayglow and Jenny Lewis. From June 17 to June 18, Boulevardia will take over Crown Center and Washington Square Park with local, regional and national music, craft beer and shops. This is the seventh Boulevardia…

On Tuesday, the Lenexa City Council is scheduled to vote on a revised site plan for a 46-acre mixed-use development at the southeast corner of Prairie Star Parkway and Ridgeview Road. Plans for the Vista Village project include seven retail buildings, 119 townhomes and a five-story, 207-unit condominium. In 2019, the city approved a plan that included flex-use options for the property, which meant it could include office, commercial, business park or light industrial space. Now, the developer…

There’s snow in the forecast Friday night into Saturday for the Kansas City area. However, the system could bring snow across the Midwest, and that has Southwest Airlines issuing a travel advisory ahead of the potential weather. The airline said based on the forecast service for the following cities could be disrupted on Jan. 14 through Jan. 15: Des Moines (Code: DSM) Kansas City (Code: MCI) Minneapolis/St. Paul (Code: MSP) Omaha (Code: OMA) St. Louis (Code: STL) Customers with reservations…

On Wednesday, Children’s Mercy had 314 staff members isolating at home with confirmed cases of Covid-19. “Prior to Omicron we had peaked in the 20s. So being in the 30s and being in the 30s consistently is definitely a high number for us,” said Dr. Jennifer Watts, chief emergency management medical officer at Children’s Mercy said. Covid-19 case counts reported by the hospital reflect the spread of Omicron both among patients and staff. Children's Mercy, like many hospitals in the Kansas…