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Lendmark Financial Adds Second Branch To Liberty

Posted September 28, 2023 Georgia-based Lendmark Finacial Services is adding another branch to Liberty, Missouri, making this the second branch for the company’s Kansas City footprint. The Liberty branch is located at 882 S. Missouri Route 291. Leading the new… more

Remembering Creative Planning CIO Jim Williams

Posted September 27, 2023 Creative Planning's chief investment officer Jim Williams passed away on Saturday. Williams was 46 years old. Beginning his work with the RIA wealth management firm Creative Planning in 2005, Williams was a C-Suite leader who helped… more

CVS Stocks Fall After KC Walkouts; Pharmacists Plan Second Walkout

Posted September 28, 2023 CVS shares dropped by 2.2 percent following the drugstore chain’s pharmacists' threatening to walk out for a second week due to poor working conditions at Kansas City area locations. The walkouts first took place last week… more

Children’s Mercy Hospital Awaiting RSV Vaccines Following Rise In Cases

Posted September 27, 2023 Children’s Mercy Hospital doctors have been treating patients for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases and the back-to-school season could be the cause. The hospital confirmed cases of the virus last week. Children’s Mercy is currently working… more

Thousands Of MO, KS Kids Are Losing Health Coverage Due To State Paperwork Errors

Posted September 27, 2023 More than 12,000 children were removed from Missouri’s Medicaid program in August due in large part to the state’s reassessing of residents' eligibility for Medicaid following the pandemic pause. Data from the Missouri Department of Social… more

KU Health System Recognized For Most Empathic Health Systems in U.S.

Posted September 27, 2023 The University of Kansas Health System is among the most empathic health systems in the U.S., according to a survey by marketing agency Monigle. The University of Kansas Health System ranked No. 10 in the survey.… more

New Rezoning Request Would Bring Another Apartment Complex To The County Club Plaza

Posted September 26, 2023 Block Real Estate Services LLC and Sunflower Development Group filed for a rezoning request in the Country Club Plaza last week and seek to build a 213-unit apartment and garage space. The rezoning request includes a… more

Petition Calls for New Community Improvement District in Shawnee Shopping Center

Posted September 26, 2023 Overland Park-based Cadence Commercial Real Estate is petitioning the City of Shawnee to add a community improvement district (CID) to Monticello Village Shopping Center. Located near Shawnee Mission Parkway at the northwest corner of 67th Street… more

Black & Veatch’s New Chief People Officer, Andrea Bernica

Posted September 25, 2023 Black & Veatch named Andrea Bernica as chief people officer last week and will oversee the company’s global human resource strategy for nearly 10,000-employees worldwide. Joining the company in 2011, Bernica was Black & Veatch’s lead… more

TruHome Solutions To Move To Aspiria Campus, Signs 36,000 SF Office Lease

Postede September 25, 2023 TruHome Solutions, a financial services company offering mortgage lending services, signed a 36,504-square-foot lease at the Aspiria campus in Overland Park. The Lenexa-based company TruHome Solutions previously was located at 9601 Legler Road at the Kansas… more