Clothing retailer Forever 21 is closing three Kansas City area stores. Stores at Independence Center, Country Club Plaza, and Legends Outlets will close.
Check out the video and pictures from Charles Kuralt's 1982 story on the impact a mall has on a town. He chose Overland Park's Oak Park Mall to tell the story.
Panera Bread is no longer a drive away to Kansas City, Columbia or Springfield. It opened for business with a non-profit day for the benefit of D.A.R.E and Childsafe on Sunday, June 24 in the Thompson Hills Shopping Center. Employees told me that they raised about $4,900 in total for the day for those charities, a successful test opening. I made it to the official opening day on Monday, J