Regional
Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index for a nine-state region stretching from Arkansas to North Dakota, declined for the month of October. The overall index came in at 43.8—down from 45.5 in September and the fourth straight month it has…
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the nation's unemployment rate for October was 4.9 percent, down from 5.0 percent in September and continuing to hover in the same range it has been in in since August of…
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Summit Custom Homes, Kansas city’s largest home builder, has been acquired the Clayton home building group, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary. The acquisition includes approximately 1,200 lots in the Kansas City metropolitan area. “Acquiring companies like Summit Custom Homes, which is…
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The Associated Press is reporting, based on a source who required anonymity, that Mun Y. Choi, University of Connecticut provost, is to be named president of the University of Missouri. An official announcement is reportedly slated for Wednesday.
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A Kansas City tradition is moving to the Kansas side of the state line. The American Royal has reached an agreement with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, to bring its equestrian shows, livestock show, rodeos,…
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Associated Wholesale Grocers, (AWG), has announced that its merger with Affiliated Foods Midwest (AFM), ratified by an AFM shareholders vote in September, has been successfully completed. First shipments to stores out of its newest divisions in Norfolk, Nebraska and Kenosha,…
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Metropolitan Community College (MCC) announced today that its chancellor, Mark James, plans to retire in June 2017. James joined the five-campus community college in 2009 and has been chancellor since 2010. James is credited with leading MCC through one of…
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Lockton has announced the appointment of Peter Clune as its next US President and Chief Operating Officer, succeeding Glenn Spencer who was previously named President and CEO of Lockton, Inc.’s global operation. Both appointments are effective May 1, 2017. “Peter…
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A Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) study out today says that 8.5 percent of Missouri households did not have a bank accounting in 2015 and that 22.3 percent were underbanked. For Kansas, the figures were 7.6 percent unbanked and 18.3…
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The Lee's Summit City Council has approved a conceptual development plan and zoning classification change for the Village at View High development. The classification will change from District Single-family Residential (R-1) to District Planned Mixed Use (PMIX). Plans for the…
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