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Park capping I-670 gets an official name: South Loop project to honor longtime Republican bridge-builder

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:55:53 +0000

Kansas City’s high-profile South Loop Project — a proposed sustainable urban park capping a portion of I-670 — now has a name that pays homage to a leader who played a key role in launching the project: Roy Blunt Luminary Park.

Texas Wants to Become Hollywood (Without All That Liberal Hollywood Crap)

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:50:39 +0000

With the world tanking, this entrepreneur descaled opportunity from the bottom of your dentist’s aquarium

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:00:17 +0000

Brian Blake didn’t just start Merriam-based Boodleshire Aquatics; the biologist and lifelong lover of aquatic life built it from a moment of pause. He always dreamed of turning his passion into a business — returning to water at times throughout his career — but the push to take that leap came in an unexpected way.

Mayo Clinic research: Missouri startup’s VR tech can help calm patients’ pre-surgery jitters

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:30:51 +0000

A recent study from the renowned researchers at the Mayo Clinic suggests a dose of virtual reality can help reduce pre-op anxiety in older patients undergoing their first open-heart surgery — and their findings come after testing with technology from Columbia, Missouri-based Healium.

Editor: Nashville Police Report On Trans Killer Conceals ‘Full Motive’

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:31:54 +0000

Two years after Audrey Hale murdered six people at a Christian school, police insist the woman who wanted to be a man simply sought fame.

The Austin-Area Teen Trump Disappeared to El Salvador

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:40:55 +0000

KC celebs, sports icons and tech stars stick around; a hall of famer’s interviews reveal why

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:34:28 +0000

Sportscaster Frank Boal could’ve just retired; his wife (and Kansas City’s pull) made other plans

Former sports broadcaster and Pittsburgh native Frank Boal knows a thing or two about the pull of Kansas City, he shared. The longtime media personality moved here in 1981 for work and never left.

Now, Boal and his wife, Sarah McEnerney-Boal, lead a podcast that explores exactly why influential and inspiring individuals choose to call the City of Fountains home.

Why managing global teams requires navigating cultural nuances

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:52:41 +0000

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone.

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KC mom’s invention secures solution to rollaway parking lot worries: Shopping with KartWheel

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:56:56 +0000

A new product developed by a Kansas City mom is giving caregivers peace of mind in the parking lot, said its inventor, Kristen Rock Chouinard.

KartWheel — launched in August 2024 — keeps a shopping cart’s wheel secure while a person is loading bags, bulky items, and kids into their car, she explained.
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Meet KC’s cowpunk basement guitar hero: This DIY dreamer is demanding more from himself

admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:10:24 +0000

Kansas City’s DIY music scene has long been a hub for raw, creative talent — with eclectic frontman Kole Waters quickly becoming one of its standout names.
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What’s French for ‘Steakhouse’?

admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:00:04 +0000
Video: Hugo Yu
Walk west on 24th Street at twilight, as I recently did, and it’s hard not to notice the glow d’or. Emanating from the recently completed One Madison, a refurbished office tower home to IBM and the global investment firm Franklin Templeton, the warm, rose-golden light is luxury in lumens: a flame for high-spend moths.
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So you think you’re CEO material? UMKC’s ‘CEO Academy’ puts that ambition to the test

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:41:13 +0000

Aspiring executives with an eye on the C-suite need to be ready well before the opportunity arises, said Dan Hesse, leaning on his years of past experience as president and CEO of Sprint. It’s not about just being the boss, he emphasized.

“Of all the roles, that of the CEO is so different than any other in the company,” said Hesse, now co-host of The Mentors Radio podcast and a leader on several boards.
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How a toy car can recapture a moment (and put a little cash in this student’s pocket)

admin — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:23:25 +0000

Collecting toys is in Andrew Bates’ blood, the UMKC senior said — and now it’s in his wallet.

A supply chain management student at the university, Bates was exposed to the hunt for nostalgia early, he said; his father was snagging Hot Wheels for him before Bates was born.

“I was (slow) to embrace it,” the founder of Flame N’ Go Collectibles said of collecting toy cars. “But then I saw the money that could be involved with it, and thought ‘OK, these are actually kind of cool.’”
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You Are Not Alone if SXSW Convinced You Aliens Are Real

admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:52:03 +0000
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Randy Wasinger wanted the 1952 Topps of NFTs; so the lifelong baseball card collector started coding (and Mark Cuban came calling)

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:07:02 +0000

Editor’s note: The following includes excerpts from “The Corporate Couch” podcast as part of a collaboration between host Jeff Pelaccio and Startland News to highlight Web3 companies and founders in the space.

The 15-year-old boy within Randy Wasinger — so obsessed with baseball cards that he opened a card shop in downtown Russell, Kansas, to sell them — is still collecting, the CryptoSlam co-founder said, detailing the passion that shaped his jump into the digital world of NFTs.
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