A business that combines waffles, build-your-own-boba drinks, nerdy themed cocktails and more than 250 board games is ready to make its debut in the Lenexa Public Market.

The Belton-based company, which started in a two-car garage in 1997, has grown to nearly 20,000 customers and 66 employees.

Two of the awarded restaurants started within a year of the Covid-19 pandemic. Here's which fine-dining establishments were recognized for their efforts to deliver an "exceptional dining experience."

The 66-year-old former Overland Park resident admitted that in 2020 and 2021 he fraudulently applied for and obtained Paycheck Protection Program loans for a business that had ceased operations in 2018.

Founded in 1982 as a for-profit subsidiary National Board of Respiratory Care, Applied Measurement Professionals Inc. was sold to one of its biggest competitors, PSI Services, at the end of 2015. Now, the business built around it is back in the Kansas City area with a new nonprofit owner.

Founded in 1982 as a for-profit subsidiary National Board of Respiratory Care, Applied Measurement Professionals Inc. was sold to one of its biggest competitors, PSI Services, at the end of 2015. Now, the business built around it is back in the Kansas City area with a new nonprofit owner.