Garmin's co-founders started out by taking GPS technology to the aviation market. The company's innovation reaches from local landing strips to the surface of Mars.

Liberty Hospital, one of the few area hospitals not affiliated with a big system, has been looking for a partner for eight months.

Prosecutors allege that a worker at the Kansas City plant received kickbacks of more than $1 million.

The private company that is investing in Populous knows sports. Among its portfolio companies is Spanish soccer club Real Madrid.

The Kansas Department of Commerce hails contributions of companies in Overland Park, Olathe and Leavenworth.

The stock repurchase is so large that the company even had to dip into its credit facility to finance it.