New grass, fresh paint and a quieter gym greeted Gladstone families at back-to-school night — even as the auditorium remains unfinished.

New science rooms, a library and a football field house are underway at Park Hill High — with a second bond already expected down the road.

The nearly 100,000-square-foot store would rise across from the Central Bank Sporting Complex, but a nearby gas station owner says it could wreck his business.

The city is set to close on a 1920 house near Merriam Drive by September 15, part of a growing cluster of properties it now owns.

J&M Sarai LLC wants to intentionally cave in old mine tunnels near NW Clifford Road to make way for future apartments and shops.

The Borman Group wants $20 million in bonds and a 20-year tax break to revive eight former Faultless campus buildings.

City leaders say Project Catalyst could reduce or potentially eliminate the city's property taxes, but a resident-led petition wants data centers banned outright.

GSR Development wants to add homes, shops and trails to the 29-building College Boulevard office park, but no hearings are scheduled yet.

Crews began work Wednesday at the 103-year-old Waldo school, saved from closure in 2013 by a grassroots parent campaign.

The Copper Canary gift shop is expanding into coffee as construction finally rises on Liberty Square's decade-long vacant lot.

CBL Properties wants to add 260 apartments, a 120-room hotel and a new Culture House theater to the 90-acre mall site.

Digital Realty wants public incentives for a nine-building server farm near Panasonic's battery plant. No dollar figure has been disclosed yet.

The Overland Park City Council has cleared new bonds for the long-idle Brookridge site, more than a decade after developers first pitched the $2 billion project.