Olathe


Olathe City Council to Vote on New $300M Chiefs HQ STAR Bonds

Posted February 2, 2026 Updated at 10:46 a.m., February 4, 2026 The Olathe City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 3, concerning the city’s proposed STAR bonds for the new Kansas City Chiefs headquarters facility.… more

Kansas City Chiefs, Gov. Laura Kelly Announce Agreement to Move Chiefs to Kansas

Posted December 22, 2025 This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.  Updated December 23, 2025, at 10:14 a.m. The Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly today announced an agreement to move the football team to… more

Olathe City Council Could Annex 80 Acres for Industrial Park Project

Posted December 2, 2025 Updated December 5, 2025, at 9:44 a.m. The Olathe City Council has received an annexation application for around 80 acres of land that would become an industrial and logistics business park. The application was submitted by… more

AdventHealth Requests Rezone for Medical Facility, ER in Olathe

Posted September 24, 2025 The Olathe Planning Commission has approved AdventHealth’s request to rezone 4 acres for the construction of a new medical office building. The planning commission voted to rezone the site, located at 14354 W. 119th Street, from… more

KVC Health Systems Partners With WellSky For Behavioral Health Platform

Posted July 16, 2025 Olathe-based KVC Health Systems has partnered with Overland Park-based WellSky to create a behavioral health services platform designed to improve care outcomes for the organization. The platform is KVC Health Systems’ answer to the growing need… more

Heartland Coca-Cola Opens New $400M Campus in Olathe

Posted June 12, 2025 Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company announced the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art production campus in Olathe. The new $400 million facility, located at 17100 South Hedge Lane, consists of a 700,000 square foot campus on 150… more

Butler National Corporation Announces Next CFO

Posted May 19, 2025 New Century-based Butler National Corporation announced it has appointed Adam Sefchick as its new chief financial officer. As the company’s next principal financial and accounting officer, Sefchick joins the company with over a decade of financial… more

Olathe Lighting Manufacturer Promotes New CEO

Posted May 5, 2025 Olathe-based lighting manufacturer, EiKO Global, has selected Yavor Kolarov to be its chief executive officer. Kolarov, who joined the company in August 2024, was promoted to CEO, effective May 1, according to a release. Kolarov first… more

Terracon Acquires Austin-based The Transtec Group

Posted April 10, 2025 Olathe-based Terracon has acquired The Transtec Group a pavement engineering solutions company based in Austin, Texas. Terracon’s clients will now have access to Transtec’s specialized pavement engineering, research, testing, and consulting services, according to a release.… more

Shawnee City Council to Review 62-Home Project Later This Month

Posted March 5, 2025 Prieb Homes Inc. is seeking to construct a 62-lot single-family residential area in western Shawnee, 20 years after an initial project for the site was abandoned. The Olathe-based home builder plans to construct the new development… more