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Children’s Mercy Hires New Chief Compliance Officer

Posted December 31, 2025 Kansas City-based Children’s Mercy has appointed Abby Jackson to the role of chief compliance officer, having previously worked at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Jackson confirmed her new role in a LinkedIn post on… more

AdventHealth South Overland Park Selects Jeremy Carlson as CNO

Posted December 31, 2025 AdventHealth South Overland Park has appointed Jeremy Carlson as its new chief nursing officer. Carlson will begin his new role effective January 19, according to a release shared with Ingram's Magazine. He brings more than 22… more

Bank Midwest Owner Receives Fed Approval for Merger Agreement

Posted December 30, 2025 National Bank Holdings Corporation, which owns Kansas City-based Bank Midwest, has received regulatory approval from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in accordance with the company's proposed merger agreement with Vista Bancshares, Inc. In September,… more

Two Kansas Banks Announce Merger to Create $225M Entity

Posted December 30, 2025 Overbrook, Kansas-based First Security Bank will acquire Conway Bank, a Kansas-based bank, creating a combined company with assets exceeding $225 million. First Security Bank and its holding company, Overbrook Bankshares, Inc., announced it would be merging… more

Leawood-based Groebl Brothers Sells to United Capital Financial Advisors

Posted December 30, 2025 Groebl Brothers, a registered investment advisor based in Leawood, has been purchased by a subsidiary of Creative Planning. Irving, Texas-based United Capital Financial Advisors announced it has acquired the Groebl Brothers firm, adding more than $240… more

Custom Truck One Source Chief Accounting Officer, Todd Barrett to Resign

Posted December 29, 2025 Todd Barrett, the chief accounting officer for Custom Truck One Source, announced he will be resigning from his role at the company early in 2026. Barrett informed Custom Truck One Source (CTOS) that he will resign… more

Prime Capital Financial Hires Fred Reish as Director of ERISA Practice

Posted December 29, 2025 Prime Capital Financial announced it has made the move to hire Fred Reish, an industry veteran in retirement planning regulation, who will lead the company’s fiduciary and ERISA practice. Reish will serve as the director of… more

Health Care Knows No Borders

My Dad spent his boyhood in the central Kansas railroad town of Herington, a thriving burg at the time, with a population of about 4,500 in the 1930 census. When the uncle who raised him died in 1971, the town’s… more

Kansas City Current Names Waterfront District ‘Current Landing’

Posted December 23, 2025 The Kansas City Current announced it has landed on a name for its $1 billion waterfront district. The team announced its new waterfront mixed-use district will be dubbed “Current Landing,” according to a release. Current Landing… more

Finally, A College Where I’d Send My Grandkids

Higher education has not covered itself in glory in recent years. The headlines are replete with tales of rising costs, falling enrollments, and university presidents needing “context” to decide whether anti-Semitism is a bad thing. Although my wife and I… more