Rachel Robinson, a civil rights activist and wife of Jackie Robinson, and baseball legend Hank Aaron are leading the charge to pay tribute to the men and women who played in the Negro Leagues from 1920 through 1960.
Right alongside them are four former U.S. presidents — Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter — and Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.
According to a Monday release, the Tip Your Cap campaign, which is being directed…Four U.S. presidents, numerous sports superstars tip their caps to Negro Leagues
Rachel Robinson, a civil rights activist and wife of Jackie Robinson, and baseball legend Hank Aaron are leading the charge to pay tribute to the men and women who played in the Negro Leagues from 1920 through 1960.
Right alongside them are four former U.S. presidents — Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter — and Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.
According to a Monday release, the Tip Your Cap campaign, which is being directed…
Saint Luke's Health System will assume management of Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kan., on Wednesday.
The Allen County Regional Hospital Board approved an agreement to lease the hospital to a subsidiary of the Kansas City-based nonprofit health system in October. The new lease agreement is a 10-year initial term with subsequent five-year renewal options.
The 25-bed hospital previously was managed by HCA Healthcare Inc. The Nashville-based for-profit health system (NYSE: HCA) originally…
The Kansas City Business Journal is deep into its search to unearth hidden treasure for our annual one-of-a-kind collection of data on the region's most influential private companies.
Every time we publish this List, we find at least a handful of companies that not a single reporter or editor has heard of — a fast-growing technology company, an up-and-coming financial services firm, a suburban real estate business — there's no "norm" for what kind of company might appear on the Top 150 List.
So,…
A St. Joseph company that has been in business for more than 140 years owes much of its success to one iconic candy treat.
According to KMBZ, Chase Candy Co. created the first Cherry Mash in 1918. The candy is manufactured only in Missouri. In fact, it's the only item that the Chase Candy Co. makes at its factory in St. Joseph.
To mark its 100th anniversary, the company launched a new website that shows how Cherry Mash is made.
Chase Candy is led by CEO Barry Yantis, who has worked for the company…
Following the unexpected resignation of its top executive and a six-month search, the Shawnee Mission School District has picked its new superintendent.
According to KCUR, the school board has hired Michael Fulton, who has been superintendent of the Pattonville School District for the last 11 years. Fulton has worked for the St. Louis-area school district for 23 years.
According to the Pattonville School District website, Fulton has worked in education for more than 32 years and was named Missouri…
Less than a year after Kate Spade & Co. sold to Coach Inc. in a deal valued at $2.4 billion, the high-end fashion brand — and product of a former Kansas Citian — will open a second store in the area.
Kate Spade, which currently has a retail store on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, plans to open an outlet store at the Legends Outlet Kansas City in Kansas City, Kan. The Plaza location opened in 2011.
According to a release, the designer outlet store is expected to open in mid-March. It…