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January 20-25“Chicago – The Musical”A six time Tony Award winner, two time Olivier Award winner and Grammy winner with performances in the Muriel Kauffman Theatre at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. 816.994.7222 | kauffmancenter.org January 22-25“Kansas City Boat… more

BATS Wraps Up Seamless Integration of Direct Edge

BATS Global Markets, the Lenexa-based securities-trading platform, has announced that it has completed the technological integration of the Direct Edge stock exchanges. Not only was the project completed, BATS said, but it was done without loss of market share, leaving BATS with 20.97 percent of the equities-trading… more

Curt Wiens succeeds Bob and Linda Bennett of Commworld

Robert E. Bennett, CEO and Linda K. Bennett, President of Gaither – Bennett, Inc. dba Commworld of Kansas City announce the sale of Commworld of Kansas City to Curtis L. Wiens - Member of Wiensco, LLC. Commworld of Kansas City… more

Cathryn Pridal is new VP for Academic Affairs for Avila University

Cathryn Pridal, who has 32 years of experience as a faculty member, administrator and executive in higher education is Avila University’s new Vice President for Academic Affairs. Her first day on campus is scheduled to be June 15. She assumes… more

UMKC Provost Hackett to Virginia Commonwealth

Gail Hackett, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of Missouri-Kansas City since 2008, has accepted an appointment as provost of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Hackett will begin her duties at VCU on March 1. VCU has… more

Businesses, Northwest, MCC, Northland CAPS, Northland schools celebrate innovation partnership designation, receipt of grant

Representatives of the Northland Center for Advanced Professional Studies (Northland CAPS), which includes Kansas City area businesses and six Northland school districts, as well as Metropolitan Community College (MCC) and Northwest Missouri State University gathered today at Cerner World Headquarters… more

Boulevard Distributor Celebrates Million-Case Milestone

In 1989, John McDonald set out to change the palate of beer-drinking in Kansas City. Since then, Boulevard Brewing grew, expanded, rinsed and repeated until it became an acquisition target for Belgian-based Duvel Mortgaat in 2013. But not until this… more

Waiting for the Royals to Come Home

Saturday's 11-4 loss by the Royals in World Series Game 4 made me feel like the dog in the ubiquitous Budweiser commercial when his master doesn't return home after a night of partying. Lots of anticipation early, only to dissolve… more

Royals fall short from claiming its second world championship

The San Francisco Giants hold on to beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series. Giants ace pitcher and World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner came in to preserve the one run lead and compile… more

Royals in game until the 8th, Fall to Giant bats and Bumgarner

The real story is Giants place pitcher Madison Bumgarner, who threw a 4 hit complete 9 inning shutout. The Kansas City Royals were in the game until the 8th inning, untimely the Giants rallied to score three more runs to… more