Jackson County
Posted March 14, 2024 UMB Bank announced it has made two leadership changes in its Private Wealth Management division. The bank hired Bob Harris as the new director of planning and practice development, according to a release. He is responsible…
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Posted March 12, 2024 AdventHealth has named Dallas Purkeypile as the president and CEO of its South Overland Park building, assuming leadership effective March 18. Purkeypile brings years of experience with AdventHealth to the new role. Before this role, he…
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Posted March 12, 2024 Updated 2:40 p.m., March 13, 2024 Nurses at Research Medical Center and Menorah Medical Center rallied together Tuesday morning as new union contract negotiations with Hospital Corporation of America begin. Current contracts for registered nurses under…
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Posted March 12, 2024 The City of Kansas City, Mo. has successfully purchased the 510-unit Parade Park Homes townhome complex in a foreclosure sale. Now the complex will undergo a $275 million redevelopment project. On Monday, Kansas City purchased the…
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Posted March 11, 2024 Kansas City-based Kustom Entertainment Inc. announced it has acquired the 28-year-old music festival Country Stampede Music. Established in 1996, the Country Stampede Music Festival is an annual three-day outdoor music festival that has previously hosted talent…
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Posted March 11, 2024 The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced the organization has added three new additions to its leadership team to lead program, research, and community engagement initiatives. Allison Greenwood Bajracharya, Yvonne Owens Ferguson, Ph.D., and Gloria Jackson-Leathers will…
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Posted March 11, 2024 Evergy, Inc. announced chairman Mark Ruelle plans to retire later this year leaving the company’s president and CEO to take up his position. Ruelle has served as board chairman since 2018 following the merger between Westar…
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Updated 11:20 a.m., March 8, 2024 Kansas City-based advertising agency Barkley is merging with OKRP to form BarkleyOKRP, a new agency that fulfills a "big indie" role in the sector. Barkley and Chicago-based OKRP announced the two companies will merge…
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The Federal Reserve Board released its Beige Book report for February indicating economic activity in the Tenth District was pacing at stable conditions but new commercial real estate development has all but ceased. While demand for credit remained stable across…
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Kansas City-based Spencer Fane LLP has entered the second-largest legal market in the country with the addition of a new office in Washington D.C. To better establish a foothold for the law firm’s latest market, Blair Jacobs, Christina Ondrick and…
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