Kansas City, Missouri

Swope Health Breaks Ground on New $126M Campus

Posted August 12, 2025 Swope Health held a groundbreaking for its new 12-acre campus, Swope Health Village. Swope Health Village, located on the 5900 block of Swope Parkway, is a $126 million campus designed to offer affordable housing, mental health… more

Progress Rail Announces Kansas City Expansion, Creates 85 jobs

Posted August 11, 2025 Progress Rail announced it plans to expand in Kansas City and create 85 new jobs as part of its initiative. Progress Rail, a railway transport and infrastructure company, is making a multi-million-dollar investment to convert its… more

Bar K Files For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Posted August 7, 2025 Bar K has filed for federal bankruptcy following the company’s decision to close its three locations last week. On July 29, Bar K announced it would be closing its locations in Kansas City, St. Louis and… more

Husch Blackwell Hires Erin Banks as First-Ever Chief Business Development Officer

Posted August 6, 2025 Husch Blackwell announced it has brought on Erin Banks to take on the role of chief business development officer, a new position added to the firm’s executive team. Banks brings with her more than 20 years… more

CRB Announces Three C-Suite Leadership Changes

Posted August 5, 2025 Kansas City-based CRB announced a restructuring of its leadership team with the addition of three new C-Suite roles. Lee Emel, formerly the interim president and CEO, will now serve as the chief innovation officer. Shannah Falcone… more

McCarthy Building Companies Names Leadership Team for Overland Park Office

Posted August 5, 2025 McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., has assembled an executive leadership team for its Kansas City office, who together make up a combined 70 years of construction industry experience. Joe Lewandowski, recently promoted to vice president and business… more

Fry-Wagner Sells KC Operations to Memphis-based Armstrong Company

Posted August 5, 2025 The Armstrong Company, a moving company, has expanded into the Kansas City area following its acquisition of Fry-Wagner Moving and Storage’s KC operations. Established in 1908 and headquartered in St. Louis, Fry-Wagner is a fourth-generation family-owned… more

Verimore Bank Merges with Clay County Savings Bank

Posted August 4, 2025 Verimore Bank has officially merged with Clay County Savings Bank, expanding its footprint in Northern Missouri. The merger between the two banks was completed on July 28. All Clay County Savings Bank locations reopened as Verimore… more

Assessing Baltimore: Lessons From the Rat Race

Quality of life and growth aren’t the same thing. The American’s media’s descent into pettiness and irrelevancy seemed to have reached terminal velocity in January 2017. Remarkably, though, it picked up a little extra speed in July, after the president… more

Jackson County: Is Anyone Listening?

More than a month later, I’m still steamed. But hey: I’m not alone. At last count, nearly 22,000 other Jackson County property owners had filed appeals of their 2019 property appraisals, which in many cases doubled, tripled or quadrupled from… more