Regional News
On Monday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said the state has 67,862 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 771 deaths since the outbreak started. Kansas continues to update COVID-19 data on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The Missouri Department of…
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Today, Governor Mike Parson announced 11 broadband projects will receive $846,407 through round two of the state’s Emergency Broadband Investment Program. 465 Missouri households will be connected to broadband as a result of these projects, and nine of the projects…
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Shawnee has given the ultimate OK for a mixed-use growth deliberate for the town’s downtown space. The Shawnee Planning Fee on Monday voted 10-Zero to approve a website plan for Blume Shawnee, a brand new residential, retail and workplace undertaking…
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A drop in housing inventory has swept the nation, impacting some regions more than others. In Kansas City, the significant and mostly unpredictable drop in inventory has bumped prices up in the area, total inventory in the metro dropping the…
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Longtime Kansas City resident and Head of Community Banking at U.S. Bank, Mark Jorgenson, announced plans to retire at the end of 2020. Jorgenson's announcement follows 39 years of work in banking including the last four years serving as Head…
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AMC Theatres said Tuesday ongoing challenges in the industry could leave it without cash as soon as the end of 2020. The Leawood-based company made the announcement in a filing Tuesday to the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the filing,…
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Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas met with the community a town hall Monday for his Reform Project KC initiative. Lucas plans to host a series of community meetings which he hopes “will guide Kansas City’s ongoing work to build a safer community…
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A new tab on the Missouri Hospital Association COVID-19 dashboard will track influenza-like illness and is intended to help hospitals and health care workers manage resources during the approaching flu season with COVID-19 still very much present in Missouri. “A…
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A Friday decision by the Missouri Supreme Court finalized the ruling by a lower court that absentee and mail-in voters in Missouri will be required to have their ballot notarized, supporting the verdict that the fear of contracting COVID-19 is…
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Donations to Kansas State University reached more than $177.4 million in private gifts through the Kansas State University Foundation and the value of the long-term investment pool hit an all-time high of $628.7 million as of June 30, 2020. “This…
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