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Overland Park Approves Schlagel Farms and Metcalf Village Projects

Posted August 15, 2023 The Overland Park City Council approved the rezoning for development projects last week on Schlagel Farms and Metcalf Village, adding apartments, retail, restaurants and more to their respective areas. Schlagel Farms was approved with a vote… more

Port KC Approves $800M Bonds for The KC Current Berkley Riverfront Project

Posted August 15, 2023 The Port Authority of Kansas City has approved $800 million in bonds to aid in the development of the Berkley Riverfront project—announced in July—during a Port KC development committee Monday. Port KC approved the nearly 11-acre… more

Wagner Logistics Partners With Dallas-Based Agency to Boost ‘Gig Workforce’

Posted August 14, 2023 Wagner Logistics, a supply chain management provider based in North Kansas City, announced a partnership with Veryable, an on-demand marketplace for manufacturing, logistics and warehousing labor. The partnership was announced Tuesday. The partnership will allow Wagner… more

Unemployment Claims Get a Bump for The First Week in August

Posited August 14, 2023 In the week ending August 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 248,000, an increase of 21,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 227,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The… more

WSU and WSU Tech Contribute $1.3 billion to KS Economy, Study Says

Posted August 14, 2023 Wichita State University announced the results of its 2022 Economic Impact Study, showing its total economic impact in Kansas in 2021 reached $1.3 billion. According to the study published earlier in August, WSU and WSU Tech’s… more

Commerce Bank Downgraded For Financial Risks

Posted August 10, 2023 Kansas City-based Commerce Bank, which has nearly 50 branch locations in the Kansas City, Lawrence, and St. Joseph area, is among 10 small-to-mid-sized banks whose credit ratings were downgraded by Moody’s. In a recent report from… more

Smithfield Foods to Close 35 Missouri Hog Farms

Posted August 9, 2023 Smithfield Foods Inc. will close operations and lay off more than 90 workers in northwestern Missouri later this fall, according to the state's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the pork processor announced this week. Smithfield… more

These Two-State Hospitals Were Awarded for Consumer Loyalty

Posted August 9, 2023 NRC Health has identified 100 top-performing hospitals through its annual healthcare consumer-perception survey, the healthcare data firm announced Tuesday. The survey includes multiple healthcare providers from the two-states area. In order to identify recipients of its… more

COVID Strain ‘Eris’ Is Now the Dominant in The U.S.

Posted August 9, 2023 A recent strain of the coronavirus, EG.5, has made its way to the top of the list regarding COVID-19 variants responsible for cases in the U.S. EG.5, nicknamed ‘Eris’, makes up approximately 17.3 percent of all… more

Kansas COVID-19 Admissions Are Among The Fastest Growing

Posted August 9, 2023 More than 9,000 new COVID-19 cases arose in recent weeks across the United States and Kansas is but one state experiencing this wave of summer COVID hospitalizations. There were 9,056 new cases for the week ending… more