Mother Nature doesnt stop Prairiefire developments
A rendering of the Prairiefire mixed-use development project in Overland Park. Although a trio of successive winter storms blanketed the Kansas City area in snow and ice, construction of the first...
View ArticlePipeline moving in with the KC Startup Village
Joni Cobb, CEO of Pipeline Inc. At 7 years old, Pipeline Inc. is about to be the newest and oldest kid on the block in the Kansas City Startup Village. Effective April 1, the entrepreneurship grooming...
View ArticleCramer Capital Managements move accommodates workers new hires
Cramer Capital Management is leaving its Corporate Woods home to move to a larger location, where its employees will be closer and where it can add a handful of new hires. Cramer Capital Management LLC...
View ArticleMorningstar Communications lands True Value
Morningstar Communications has added True Value Co. as a client. The Overland Park-based public relations and marketing agency will work on drumming up interest from potential members of the True Value...
View ArticleKansas military school received 339 abuse complaints
WICHITA, Kan.-Nearly 340 current and former students made complaints to a Kansas military school claiming they were beaten, hazed, harassed or abused during the past five years, including 21 who say...
View ArticleKansas wheat improves corn planting gets underway
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — The condition of the hard red winter wheat crop in Kansas, the biggest U.S. wheat production state, improved in the latest week but farmers were still concerned about soil...
View ArticleOlathe law firm Morgan Pilate moves to downtown KC
Law firm Morgan Pilate LLC is moving from one Cherry Street to another: from downtown Olathe to downtown Kansas City. The firm bought the All Makes Machine building at 926 Cherry St., around the corner...
View ArticleBacklash brews among foes of Starbucks gay-marriage stance Video
At Starbucks Corp.'s annual shareholder meeting in Seattle on March 20, a shareholder questioned Starbucks' public support of gay marriage. A resulting boycott of the coffee company was partly...
View ArticleKoch Industries hacker faces federal charges
A Wisconsin man faces federal charges after attempting to hack into computers at Wichita-based Koch Industries, The Kansas City Star reports. A federal prosecutor is charging Eric Rosol with conspiracy...
View ArticleBill looks to fulfill Kansas $9.3B pension gap
A bill in the Kansas House would shore up the state's employee retirement system through a bond issue, The Kansas City Star reports. The measure calls for the state to issue $1.5 billion in bonds and...
View ArticleWomens team makes NCAA tourney twice as sweet for KU
The 12th-seeded University of Kansas women's basketball team pulled off an upset Tuesday night against No. 4 seeded South Carolina, making it the second year in a row that both the men's and women's...
View ArticleT-Mobile launches high-speed network in KC
T-Mobile flipped the switch on its high-speed data network on Tuesday, The Kansas City Star reports. The wireless carrier began offering LTE technology in the Kansas City market, as well as in...
View ArticleMissouri House kills Medicaid expansion bill
The Missouri House knocked down a bill Tuesday regarding Medicaid expansion, The Independence Examiner reports. The expansion would tack on $900 million in federal money to expand the program for...
View ArticleMU engineering facultys firm gets $6M from Chinese investors
Nanova Inc., a high-tech biomaterials firm launched by engineering faculty at the University of Missouri, will get a $6 million boost from Chinese investors, the Missourian reports. The $6 million...
View ArticleKansas Jayhawks coach one of top earners in Sweet Sixteen
The University of Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team has made the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, but Coach Bill Self already has made the Final Four, at least in terms of pay, the Milwaukee...
View ArticleKCs Bo Lings ranks among top Chinese eateries nationwide
Travel + Leisure named a Kansas City restaurant among the top Chinese restaurants nationwide. Bo Ling's has six locations in the Kansas City area the most popular located on the Country Club Plaza. The...
View ArticleBrownback signs judicial reform into law
One of the biggest issues on Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's legislative agenda has been tackled. After months of encouraging the passage of House Bill 2019, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed judicial...
View ArticleChange in appellate-judge selection process is now Kansas law
The way judges are selected for the Kansas Court of Appeals is changing. The way judges are selected for the Kansas Court of Appeals is changing with a bill Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law on...
View ArticleBoise State adds UConn Louisiana-Lafayette
Athletic officials announced deals Wednesday that put both teams on Boise State’s 2014 schedule. The Broncos will travel to UConn on Sept. 13 then host the Ragin’ Cajuns one week ...
View ArticleHesse to KC entrepreneurs Sprint needs you
Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse kicked off the Big Kansas City entrepreneurship conference on Wednesday. Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse took a break from mergers-and-acquisition talk Wednesday to...
View Article