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KeyBank Assembles Five-Person Team to Launch Family Office in Overland Park

Posted February 12, 2026 The Cleveland-based KeyBank has added an Overland Park office location with a five-person team in a move to expand its footprint in the middle market. Ward Nixon will lead the five-person family office and private capital… more

Signature Bank and Midwest Trust Partner to Launch New Division

Posted February 5, 2026 Midwest Trust has entered into a collaboration with Chicago-based Signature Bank to create a new decision that will focus on estate planning support. Founded in 2006, Signature Bank, an Illinois state-chartered bank, announced the launch of… more

Olathe City Council to Vote on New $300M Chiefs HQ STAR Bonds

Posted February 2, 2026 Updated at 10:46 a.m., February 4, 2026 The Olathe City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 3, concerning the city’s proposed STAR bonds for the new Kansas City Chiefs headquarters facility.… more

Mike Maddox Exits First Busey Corporation and Busey Bank

Posted January 28, 2026 Mike Maddox, the former president and vice chairman of First Busey Corporation and president and CEO of the Busey Bank, has separated from the company, effective immediately. The news of Maddox’s departure from First Busey was… more

Shawnee Mixed-Use Development Westbrooke Green Gets Deadline Extension

Posted January 27, 2026 The Shawnee City Council has voted to extend the construction timeline for Westbrook Green, a new shopping center planned for the area. Westbrook Green, formally known as Westbrook Village, is located at the northeast corner of… more

Chiefs Announce Two Local Design Firms as Finalists for KCK Stadium

Posted January 27, 2026 The Kansas City Chiefs announced Tuesday that two architectural design firms, Manica and Populous, are in the final stage of selection for the new Chiefs KCK stadium. It was announced in December that Kansas Governor Laura… more

Take One For The Team

I’m waking up on day three at North Kansas City Hospital with several broken ribs and a fractured right transverse process of my first lumber vertebra. In a rush Friday morning during the rain, I slipped and fell down a… more

Who Really Failed the Corporate Diversity Challenge?

You can get a nuanced argument about this from almost any cultural anthropologist, economist or sociologist, but in general, the history of capitalism—the American stripe, and the various versions practiced around the world—can’t be written without highlighting major tipping points.… more

Swimming Through the Mud

I have to hand it to the companies that earned their place on this issue’s 36th annual Corporate Report 100 ranking. If we were to ever find ourselves in a street fight, I’d want these folks on our side. They’re… more

Kustom Entertainment Sells Video Solutions Business Following Company Rebrand

Posted January 26, 2026 Kustom Entertainment, Inc. announced it will sell off its video solutions division as part of an initiative to better align with the company’s recent rebranding. Kustom has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Cycurion,… more