🌱 Patch AM: How a 135th Street rollover shut down traffic and hurt one man

Good day Overland Park! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a 135th Street rollover shut down traffic and hurt one man
• How local students helped Overland Park fully staff its public pools

Today's riddle: What did the balloon say to the doctor? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 49 and low of 38 degrees.
• Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 56, low: 40.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 60 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man in critical condition after rollover crash on 135th Street in Overland Park (johnsoncountypost.com) — A serious rollover crash on 135th Street in Overland Park left a driver critically injured and temporarily shut down westbound lanes near Nieman on Thursday afternoon. Police, firefighters, and Johnson County Med-Act responded, with the car ending up on its roof near Bradford Pointe Apartments and damaging fencing. Overland Park’s Traffic Safety Unit continues to investigate the cause.
   

• SMSD News: Real world learning for every age and every stage (johnsoncountypost.com) — Shawnee Mission students are teaming up with the City of Overland Park on real-world projects, from solving lifeguard shortages at public pools to writing signage for the new Bietigheim-Bissingen Park. These Client Connected Projects help teens earn Market Value Assets while directly shaping city services. Similar hands-on learning now spans Pre-K through high school across the district.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 22

• đŚ 7:00 am - 11:00 am (2 lanes) - Short Course
  SMSD Aquatic Center , 17251 W. 87th St. Parkway , Lenexa
  7:00 am
• St. Mary's Food Kitchen
  St. Ann Catholic School , 7241 Mission Road , Prairie Village
  8:30 am
• Van Gogh’s Roses and Peonies
  Pinot's Palette · Leawood , KS , Leawood
  2:00 pm
• đŚ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm (2 lanes) - Short Course
  SMSD Aquatic Center , 17251 W. 87th St. Parkway , Lenexa
  4:00 pm
• Snowy Stargazing
  Pinot's Palette · Leawood , KS , Leawood
  6:00 pm
• đŚ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (3 lanes) - Short Course
  SMSD Aquatic Center , 17251 W. 87th St. Parkway , Lenexa
  6:00 pm
• December Info Sessions – How to Become a Foster Parent in Kansas
  KVC Kansas , 21344 W 153rd St , Olathe
  6:00 pm
• **FREE BONUS SIGN** - Pick Your Project Workshop (Ages 16+)
  Board & Brush Creative Studio - Lenexa , 13970 Santa Fe Trail Dr , Lenexa
  6:30 pm
• Country Jam
  Iron Horse Bar & Grill Leawood · Leawood , KS , Leawood
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Candlelight Christmas Eve at Westside Family Church Lenexa
  Westside Family Church , 8500 Woodsonia Dr , Lenexa
  2:30 pm

Wednesday December 24

• City Offices Closed
  De Soto, KS Calendar De Soto, KS 66018
• Christmas Eve in Mission
  The Mission Theatre , 5909 Johnson Dr , Mission
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Lost Cat - looking for its owner!
  Showed up in our garage through our cat door. It’s skinny and hungry but definitely has been owned by someone before, it’s friendly and able to be… (Nextdoor Wilshire by the Lake)
• No credible threat after bomb scares at multiple schools in Kansas.
  9:02AM on Dec 19: Police report that two Catholic schools in Overland Park and Olathe may have received bomb threats. (Nextdoor )

• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Overland Park. Apply here.
• Merry Maids posted a job opening for Future Opening: House Cleaner up to Eighteen per hour in Overland Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Overland Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Leawood

• Lockton moving headquarters out of Country Club Plaza (kmbc.com)
• Plaza ‘anchor' Lockton confirms move to Kansas after Leawood OKs big incentives (kansascity.com)
• Chiefs' Xavier Worthy treats families to holiday shopping spree (fox4kc.com)

Olathe

• Multiple Kansas Catholic Schools Targeted By Apparent Bomb Hoax (eurasiareview.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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