The regional sandwich chain signed an area representative agreement that calls for the new stores to be built within the next five years. It recently did two other similar deals with other franchisees in Nebraska and Pennsylvania.

The City Council voted unanimously to advance exploration of building a new home — for itself.

The City Council voted unanimously to advance exploration of building a new home — for itself.

If it feels like Kauffman Stadium is half empty this season, that's because it is. Attendance at Kauffman Stadium for Kansas City Royals games is the third worst among all 30 MLB teams as of the All-Star break.

The Kansas City Business Journal has released an alphabetical listing of the 50 fastest-growing local businesses. The Fast 50, which is a mix of public and private companies with revenue of at least $1 million in 2021, is an annual ranking based on revenue growth from 2020 to 2022.

This year's Lists continue our effort to break down minority-owned businesses by their racial and ethnic group into separate rankings. These Lists highlight companies based on the individual racial and ethnic groups of their owner(s). The resulting Lists include more than 70 businesses that are majority Black-, Hispanic-, Asian-, East Asian Indian- and Native American-owned.