Regional News


Amazon employees in Mo., Kan. receive on-site COVID vaccine

Amazon employees in Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City, Kan. and other areas across Missouri and Kansas can now participate in an on-site COVID-19 vaccination program put on by the company and local government. The multinational e-commerce giant started the program… more

Ferrellgas Press Release: Ferrellgas Successfully Strengthens its Financial Position for the Future

Overland Park, KS., March 30, 2021 – Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (OTC: FGPRQ) ("Ferrellgas" or the "Holdings") announced today the successful completion of its previously announced restructuring transactions that strengthen its balance sheet while allowing it to continue as an employee-owned… more

Coping with COVID: Missouri governor extends state of emergency through end of August

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order Friday extending the state of emergency through Aug. 31. The governor's office said the state of emergency extension will allow the state flexibility in providing resources and easing regulatory burdens to help… more

Ferrellgas completes terms of prepackaged bankruptcy plan

Ferrellgas Partners LP has successfully completed the terms of a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan that have allowed the company to remain an employee-owned enterprise. Ferrellgas Partners is a holding company for its propane businesses. Operating partnership Ferrellgas LP was… more

Kansas Senate vote confirms Shultz as Labor Secretary

In a 40-0 vote today, the Kansas Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Amber Shultz as the Kansas Secretary of Labor. Shultz will oversee the state Unemployment Insurance, Workers Compensation, Labor Market Information Services, Labor Relations, Legal Services and Industrial… more

Shuttlewagon to sell with parent company for $400M

A Pittsburgh-based railroad industry supplier announced its plans to acquire Nordco in a $400 million deal. Nordco Inc., which owns both Kansas City manufacturer Shuttlewagon and Nordco Rail Services and Inspection Technologies, formerly Dapco Technologies of Lee's Summit, employs about… more

United Way Goes Local With CEO Chris Rosson

The search for a successor to Brent Stewart as CEO for the United Way of Greater Kansas City has produced a hometown selection: Chris Rosson will be the next  president and CEO for one of the region's most influential non-profit… more

Coping With COVID: U.S. Down-Trend Levels Out

Since peaking at 308,000 new cases on January, and driving that week's rolling 7-day average for new COVID-19 cases to more than 256,000 a day, the nation has seen a sharp reduction in new infections. By early March, the rolling… more

Barkley Joins Ranks of B Corporations

Since the first of what are known as Benefit Corporations were certified in 2007, that new way of looking at business has gained a foothold in American capitalism, one that places equal value on the good a business can do… more

Lucas Bristles at February Gas Bill for KCI

Residents across the Midwest are seeing some startling numbers with gas bills adjusted after the big freeze in February. The statement that arrived for Kansas City International Airport, however, took increases to a whole new level. Consider this, from the… more