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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 13, 2024 An investigation from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found a Kansas City, Kansas grocery store repeatedly violated overtime law for its employees. The investigation recovered $155,990, representing $77,995 in back wages, for…
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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 11, 2024 Updated 12:46 p.m., March 11, 2024 Sunflower Development Group is revising its plans for the 300-unit multifamily Residents of Woodsonia project to better accommodate accurate zoning density. The rezone request is for a 37.97-acre site located near 83rd…
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Posted March 11, 2024 Kansas City-based Oak IQ Investments hopes to build a more than 500-unit apartment project in Lenexa between Woodsonia Drive and Highway K-7. Oak’s proposed multifamily development consists of 529 apartment units across 15 buildings located at…
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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 Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City announced it has hired Dr. Shelley Temple Kneuvean as Chief Financial Officer, effective later in March. Kneuvean brings over 30 years of executive experience in the UG to the role. Since…
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