Lucie Krisman  - Overland Park

Kansas’s First Option Bank opening new Blue Valley branch

The construction site in Overland Park for the new First Option Bank.

Osawatomie-based First Option Bank plans to open its first Johnson County branch soon in south Overland Park. Above, the site of the future bank at 7300 West 159th Street. Photo by Lucie Krisman.

First Option Bank based in Osawatomie, Kan., plans to open its first Blue Valley area branch soon.

Where exactly: The new First Option Bank branch will operate at 7300 West 159th Street.

Hi! I'm Lucie Krisman, and I cover the city of Leawood and Johnson County Government for the Post.

I'm a native of Tulsa, Okla., but have been living in Kansas since I moved here to attend KU, where I earned my degree in journalism. Prior to joining the Post, I did work for The Pitch, the Eudora Times, the North Dakota Newspaper Association and KTUL in Tulsa.

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