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Big 12 to continue with fall football season

Plans to move forward will continue for the Big 12, the conference board of directors announcing Wednesday that the season will not be canceled, although it will have a delayed start and a revised schedule. The board of directors met… more

Deadline approaching in Missouri for SBA nonprofit disaster loans

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (U.S. SBA) – Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West reminded Missouri private nonprofit organizations of the Sept. 8, 2020, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by severe storms, tornadoes,… more

KCK school board votes to suspend fall sports

On Tuesday the Kansas City, Kan. school board voted to suspend all involvement in Kansas State High School Activities Association fall sports. The suspension includes a halt to football, volleyball, cross country, girls tennis and boys soccer, as well as… more

CARES Act allocations approved in Wyandotte County

On Monday, the Wyandotte County Board of Commissioners gathered for a Special Meeting which resulted in an approved allocation of over $37 million in CARES Act funding. The funding is intended to support the community response to the COVID-19 pandemic… more

Coping with COVID: Kansas and Missouri update

The good news, according to the data analytics pros at the website rt.live, is that in 34 states, the spread of the COVID-19 virus had slowed to levels below sustained growth as of Tuesday. The bad news? Missouri and Kansas… more

National real estate survey shows the pandemic has brought some positives

A survey from RealEstateBees.com showed that of 25,000 active real estate businesses polled, 65% reported that despite the negative impact on business caused by the COVID-19, they also saw new emerging opportunities caused in part by COVID-19. The poll was… more

Cerner’s south Kansas City campus nears completion

A large Cerner project which began in March 2018, the south Kansas City Innovations Campus will soon open two towers that have been built to add 775,000 square feet in office space. The added square footage is said to provide… more

Big Ten and Pac-12 decide to postpone 2020 football season

A vote from the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences result in the postponement of college football and other fall sports. Each league hopes to move back playing into the spring. "As time progressed and after hours of discussion with our… more

Missouri governor extends prosecution power to attorney general in STL

A backlog in St. Louis homicide cases has prompted Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to call on help from Attorney General Eric Schmitt. Parson’s special session on violent crime has included giving Schmitt’s office to prosecute cases in which 90 or… more

Coping with COVID: Pfizer to produce antiviral COVID-19 drug in Kansas plant

Remdesivir, a drug used to treat COVID-19 and currently in short supply, is soon to be produced in a Kansas Pfizer plant. Pfizer made an agreement on Friday last week to produce the drug in its McPherson, Kan. manufacturing plant.… more