Overland Park street renamed after fallen Officer Mike Mosher
Council approves name change Monday
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and last updated 2021-01-12 18:10:49-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â A stretch of street in front of the Overland Park Police Department now pays tribute to a police officer killed in the line of duty last year.
The Overland Park City Council on Monday voted to rename the portion of 123rd Street, which runs between Blue Valley Parkway and Metcalf Avenue, in honor of Officer Mike Mosher, who was killed in a shootout with a hit-and-run suspect last May.
With the council s approval, the portion of 123rd Street now will be called Mike Mosher Boulevard. The city will add signage to the street soon, according to police spokesman John Lacy.
Officer Mike Mosher Boulevard to honor a fallen hero Share Updated: 9:04 AM CST Jan 13, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff Share Updated: 9:04 AM CST Jan 13, 2021
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Show Transcript KELEIGH: OVERLAND PARK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST APPROVED THE RENAMING OF A CITY STREET IN HONOR OF A FALLEN OFFICER. FROM NOW ON, 123RD BETWEEN BLUE VALLEY PARKWAY AND METCALF, WILL BE KNOWN AS, MIKE MOSHER BOULEVARD. OFFICER MOSHER DIE
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 9:04 AM CST Jan 13, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff Overland Park, Kansas, City Council members have approved the renaming of a city street in honor of a fallen hero. From now on 123rd Street between Blue Valley Parkway and Metcalf Avenue will be known as Mike Mosher Boulevard.Overland Park police Chief Frank Donchez took input from officers about how the city could honor Mosher. He brought the idea for Mike Mosher Boulevard to the Public Safety Commit
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Japanese exchange students from Kansai University in Osaka, Japan, are pictured in downtown Lawrence in August of 2020.
Students who study abroad are often faced with adjusting to a new culture, learning a language and coping with being far from home. Now imagine all that plus a global pandemic.
That’s what Hanae Matsuda, Rena Nakamura and 10 of their classmates from Kansai University in Osaka, Japan, experienced for the past nine months during their exchange program through the University of Kansas. When the Japanese students arrived in the United States in early March, COVID-19 was already spreading in Japan, so the students quarantined for 14 days. But when their 14-day period was up, the United States was just beginning to shut down.