Valerie Nicholson-Watson runs a Kansas City-based nonprofit that every business in town seemingly donates time to at some point. Now, after nine years as CEO and more than 20 years of involvement in the regional food bank, she will retire this summer.

One of the longest tenured executives in AMC's more than 100-year history is rolling the credits on his career. With another executive retiring too, the Leawood-based company recast a slew of leadership roles.

As part of this week's Engineering Firms Lists, we compare how the makeup of participating firms' licensed and unlicensed engineers compares with the diversity in the Kansas City metro.

The Johnson County city, founded with 13 square miles in 1960, now encompasses 75 square miles. Overland Park's population has surged from about 28,000 at its founding to almost 202,000. Development has followed. Check out the graphics below to track the city's evolution.

The Folly Theater has a new top showrunner and a big project waiting in the wings.

A Kansas City-based commercial real estate company is marketing the final part of a pad site at Oak Park Mall. It also is negotiating with a national bank to occupy the corner pad.