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- ASVS Highlights: Olathe North Vs. Blue Valley
Hovpen Sports and All Star Video Sports out of Kansas City have partnered to bring you the latest highlights out of the Kansas City Region via the Rivals.com Network.
- Lawrence calmer in last season with Olathe South
Chaos was swirling around Olathe South senior Chaz Lawrence during his 125-pound championship match at the Johnson County Classic wrestling tourney in December.
- Olathe Woman's Purse Snatched At Gunpoint
A man with a gun robbed an Olathe woman of her purse late Monday night as she arrived home to her apartment.
- Family requested police withhold name of man killed in collision
Police withheld the name of a man who died early Friday morning after a southbound freight train struck his car on the west railroad crossing on Dennis Avenue at the request of the his family.
- Huttmann will not seek re-election to Olathe City Council
After serving 10 years on the Olathe City Council, Kathleen Huttmann , Ward 3, announced in a press release Jan.
- Fire damages Overland Park home
A mid-morning house fire in Overland Park caused about $275,000 in damage to the structure and $175,000 to its contents.Just before 11 a.m., crews from the Overland Park and Olathe fire departments responded to ...
- Few KC-area nursing homes get top marks KANSA ...
A majority of Kansas City-area nursing homes came in below average in a new federal database that rates facilities on health inspections, staffing levels and quality of care.
- Train Hits Vehicle In Olathe, Killing Man
A freight train hit a vehicle on a railroad crossing, killing a man early Friday morning.
- Driver Killed In Train Collision
A car was hit by a train on the Burlington Northern railroad tracks at South Kansas Avenue and West Dennis Avenue in Olathe, Kan.
- Contest teaches Olathe families valuable financial lessons
Two Olathe families had no idea what they were getting into when they applied in late 2007 to be part of CommunityAmerica Credit Union's 2008 Financial Makeover contest.
- Fatal car-train wreck blocks several Olathe intersections
A fatal train wreck early this morning blocked several intersections near downtown Olathe.A southbound BNSF freight train struck a car at about 5:50 this morning just west of Dennis and Kansas avenues.
- Fort Dodge Animal Health delays plans at Olathe site indefinitely
Citing "the significant economic downturn we saw in 2008," Fort Dodge Animal Health has postponed plans for a new $40 million research and development facility in Olathe's Kansas Bioscience Park.
- Car Struck by Train in Olathe
One person was killed in a car that was struck by a train Friday morning in Olathe.
- Top stories of 2008
Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dec. 30--There were a number of big stories in Olathe this year.
- Olathe police seek information on missing woman
Olathe police want to find a woman who was last seen Monday leaving an Olathe business with an man, whom police also wants to find.
- Olathe police looking for missing woman
Olathe police are looking for a 37-year-old woman who went missing Monday night when she left the area of 119th Street and Strang Line Road with a man.Michelle Segall met the man at a bar and later left with ...
- Fire destroys home that was for sale
Blaze destroys million-dollar homeFlames were shooting through the roof early Tuesday when firefighters reached a $1.1 million home that was for sale at 4600 W. 146th St.
- Belcher opens Olathe office of J2
A local civil engineering veteran has opened a Kansas City-area office for J2 Engineering and Environmental Design .
- Blaze wipes out Spring Hill home
Two burn patients were transported to the University of Kansas Medical Center early Thursday morning after a fire destroyed their rental house at 24399 W. 215th St.
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City DescriptionOlathe (pronounced /oʊˈleɪθə/) is a city located in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Kansas. Olathe is the county seat of Johnson County and the fifth most populous city in the state with an estimated population of 118,034 in 2007. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, Olathe is the fourth-largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by the cities of Lenexa to the north, Overland Park to the east, and Gardner to the southwest. In 2008, the US Census Bureau ranked Olathe the 24th fastest-growing city in the nation. The same year, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Olathe 11th on its list of the "100 Best Cities to Live in the United States."
Olathe was founded by Dr. John T. Barton in the spring of 1857. He rode to the center of Johnson County, Kansas, and staked two quarter sections of land as the town site. He later described his ride to friends: "...the prairie was covered with verbena and other wild flowers. I kept thinking the land was beautiful and that I should name the town Beautiful." Purportedly, Barton asked a Shawnee interpreter how to say "Beautiful" in his native language. The interpreter responded, "Olathe."
Olathe was not the first city ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:- Mahaffie House
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