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Greitens appoints 'Rising Star' as new Jackson County judge
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens appointed Cory Atkins of Independence as an associate judge for the 16th Judicial Circuit, which covers Jackson County. Atkins succeeds Associate Judge Jalilah Otto of...
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Boulevard adds 40th state to its distribution territory
Boulevard Brewing Co. now will be available in 40 states and the District of Columbia, after the Kansas City-based craft brewery signed a distribution agreement in Nevada. The agreement is with...
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Flyover Capital's pioneering VC fund keeps pushing Midwest tech startups
Flyover Capital has gone from a pioneer to an experienced and successful presence on the Kansas City venture capital scene.
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KC law firm merges with St. Louis law firm
Kansas City-based law firm Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC reached an agreement to merge with St. Louis-based Williams Venker & Sanders LLC, effective July 1. The merged firm will take on the...
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Multinational packaging equipment company appoints new CEO in KC
Kansas City-based Multivac Inc. appointed Matt Malott as its new president and CEO, effective July 1. Multivac manufactures the machines that package foods such as ground beef, bacon, sliced cheese and...
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Fast-growing bank taps longtime UMB exec as its new COO
Equity Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Equity Bank, named a new chief operating officer who has spent the last 31 years as key executive at UMB Bank.
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Former Husch Blackell chairman leaves for competitor
Dave Fenley, a former chairman of Husch Blackwell LLP, resigned after spending 38 years working on multimillion-dollar developments throughout Kansas City, in order to join Dentons.
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UPDATE: Schlitterbahn, former leader charged with manslaughter in boy's death...
Tyler Miles, former operations director of Schlitterbahn Vacation Village in Kansas City, Kan., was arrested and detained in the Wyandotte County jail in relation to the 2016 death of Caleb Schwab on...
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KC’s five strongest large banks of 2017
The banking crisis during the Great Recession taught us that just being a large and well-known brand doesn’t necessarily make a bank strong. So which of the large banks in the Kansas City area are the...
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Florida bank makes KC its western outpost
A loan production office in Overland Park is the farthest push west for First Home Bank, which is based in Seminole, Fla., and the new office is playing a key role in company's overall growth plans. In...
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Former Husch Blackwell chairman: Why I joined Dentons
Dave Fenley spent his entire 38-year legal career at Husch Blackwell, including 11 years as the Kansas City-based law firm's chairman, so when he left to join Dentons it attracted attention. Fenley...
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Schlitterbahn co-owner is arrested in Verruckt water slide death
Jeffrey Henry, co-owner of Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan., was arrested and booked in Cameron County, Texas, on charges related to the death of Caleb Schwab on the Verruckt water slide....
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Kansas files murder charges against Verruckt designers
The two designers of the Verruckt water slide at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan., and a company subsidiary now face second-degree murder charges, which are among 18 felony counts that came...
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An early architect of UMB's health savings account business takes the lead
Ben Morris, new CEO of UMB Healthcare Services, was part of the original team of six who founded the fast-growing subsidiary.
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Minority ownership swap beefs up consulting offering for Fire Door Solutions
Just a few months after Fire Door Solutions LLC landed an investment of "tens of millions of dollars," the Overland Park-based company has a new minority owner — and a new partner. On Tuesday, the...
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Tallgrass joins wave of energy companies consolidating to improve capital costs
Leawood-based Tallgrass Energy GP (NYSE: TEGP) plans to consolidate its business by acquiring Tallgrass Energy Partners LP (NYSE: TEP) in a two-for-one stock merger, which represents a 10 percent...
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Vote means DST has cleared all the big hurdles in its $5.4B sale
At a special meeting on Wednesday, shareholders of DST Systems Inc. (NYSE DST) approved plans for the Kansas City-based company to be acquired by SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC). The...
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Recapitalization should fuel growth at big Olathe HVAC installer
Olathe-based Temp-Con Inc., one of the largest providers of commercial HVAC system installation in the Kansas City area, was recapitalized.
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Faultless Starch names first CEO from outside the family in 130 years
Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Co. has been owned by the Beaham family since it was founded in 1887, and the company just named an outsider as CEO for the first time. After a five-month search, the Kansas...
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Capstone Awards 2018: Community Impact — Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy
Location: 1622 John “Buck” O’Neil Way, Kansas City Size: 40,000 square feet of buildings on a 14-acre site Value: $20.5 million Players: The Kansas City Royals; Major League Baseball; Mayor Sly James;...
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