Kansas City, Missouri

Popular Kansas City Boulevardia street festival canceled again

One of Kansas City’s favorite street festivals will not return in 2021 due to COVID-19. Organizers announced Tuesday that Boulavardia 2021 has been canceled. This marks the second year in a row the event has been canceled because of COVID-19.… more

KC-based Savion LLC enters renewable power purchase agreement with Target Corporation

Dubbed the Golden Buckle Solar Project, Kansas City-based Savion LLC will take part in the construction of a large Texas solar project that will deliver around 200 megawatts of power to Target Corporation. Earlier this month, Savion entered a renewable… more

Construction begins to revamp old Saint Luke’s health college

Rockhurst University is injecting $23 million to renovate Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences, in particular Sedgwick Hall. JE Dunn has been hired to conduct interior demolition work on Sedgwick's structure, which it began in December. The building is over… more

KCPS students, staff resume in-person learning Monday

For the first time in months, some students are heading back to the classroom in the Kansas City Public School District. Like in many other districts that previously returned to in-person learning in the metro, it will be the youngest… more

B2B payment company MSTS rebrands with name change

MSTS, a business-to-business credit solutions provider, rebranded itself after 43 years, taking on the name TreviPay. TreviPay CEO Brandon Spear said the rebrand was designed to better reflect what the Overland Park-based company does today. Founded in 1978, MSTS originally… more

Ferrellgas receives green light on $1.5B restructuring plan

On Friday, a judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware confirmed the reorganization plan that allows the Overland Park-based holding company (OTC: FGPR) to refinance more than $1.5 billion in debt, including converting $357 million of… more

KC area sees large return of jobs through U.S. immigration agency

A federal office will bring back 500 jobs in the Kansas City area months after a massive layoff. The The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will restore 500 jobs for operations centers in Lee’s Summit and Overland Park. USCIS laid… more

Coping with COVID: KU Health active COVID-19 patient count rolls back into the single digits

The University of Kansas Health System reported a new low in its active COVID-19 patients that it hasn’t seen in a long time. On Thursday, the health system said it has five people with the active virus still being treated,… more

KCI terminal project timeline reaches halfway point

Kansas City’s largest infrastructure project in its history-  and worth around $1.5 billion in development costs – has reached its halfway point. Construction began in March 2019, its competition still set for March 2023. Despite the presence of Covid-19 for… more

Big 12 returns to Kansas City

The 2020 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship ended abruptly on Thursday, March 12, 2020. A year later, the tournament made it through its second round of games. But the pandemic still made its presence felt, with smaller crowds… more