Daily
Olathe
Thursday, January 16th, 2025
Supporting our sponsors is one of the best ways to support Daily Olathe.
Good morning, Olathe. Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 16th of January.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Johnson County offers multiple ways to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2025 through donation drives, service projects, and celebrations. Johnson County Post
ACCIDENTS NEWS
- ➤ A 77-year-old woman died in a collision involving her car and a pickup truck in Olathe, with the incident currently under investigation. KCTV 5
ECONOMY NEWS
- ➤ Farmers Insurance is relocating from its Olathe campus to a more spacious facility in Kansas City, Kansas, to accommodate growth and new technology. KCTV 5
- ➤ Olathe City Council has unanimously approved the creation of two Community Improvement Districts with a special 2% sales tax to support the opening of new Pizza 51 South and Third Street Social restaurant locations in downtown Olathe. Johnson County Post
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Byron Roberson, the first Black sheriff of Johnson County and former Prairie Village police chief, emphasizes community partnership, mental health support for inmates, and evaluating federal immigration requests, succeeding former Sheriff Calvin Hayden. Johnson County Post
TRAVEL NEWS
- ➤ TODAY'S SPONSOR Dollar Flight Club is offering their flight-deal alerts (90% savings, like $161 to Hawaii or $285 to Europe roundtrip) for Kansans for just $1 today—sign up within 12 hours and never overpay for flights again. Dollar Flight Club
Supporting our sponsors is one of the best ways to support Daily Olathe.
No new events today. You can submit one here.
No new real estate listings today. You can submit one here.
No new job posts today. You can submit one here.
No new community announcements today. You can submit one here.
For $1 Today, Save Up to 90% on Every Flight
Try Dollar Flight Club for just $1 (normally $99) if you sign up in the next 12 hours. For less than a cup of coffee, you can save up to 90% on every flight in 2025 and beyond, for you, your friends, and your family to make every trip unforgettable (current members just booked roundtrip deals to Italy from $301 and Japan from $471). Plus, try it stress-free and cancel anytime.
Just sit back, relax and they'll alert you whenever they find a domestic or international flight deal to your bucket list destinations departing from your home airport(s). Think:
Join over 2 million happy travelers who will never overpay for a flight ever again.Try the club for just $1 today (cancel anytime).
Supporting our sponsors is one of the best ways to support Daily Olathe.
TODAY'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Well done is better than well said.
Know who said this? Send us an email!
Reveal the authorAbout Daily Olathe
Daily Olathe is a community newsletter sharing current events in Olathe, Kansas. Our mission is to make local news more accessible, highlight extraordinary people across the Olathe community, and support local organizations. If you like Daily Olathe, you can support us by subscribing to our email newsletter and sharing us with your friends and family in Olathe.
Advertising Opportunities
Advertising with us will make sure you stay at the top of everyone's mind—in Olathe and across Kansas. You can learn more here. We'll work together to build a custom plan to hit your goals this year.
Alternatively, you can submit events, announcements, real estate listings, and job postings. We'll include them in our newsletter on whichever dates you like.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to make local news more accessible and highlight extraordinary people across the Olathe community.
We help people in Olathe save time finding the news that matters most to them: local news in Olathe, about Olathe, curated especially for you on a daily basis—all for free.
Subscribe to Daily Olathe
A free Olathe community newsletter.
- Daily local news
- We curate the most critical news for the community every day.
- No spam
- Daily emails, only news! We never sell your data.
© Daily Olathe. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. Questions? Contact us here
Sitemap: https://dailyolathe.com/sitemap