The deep discounts at the Sears Home & Life store in Overland Park are no regular post-holiday markdowns. The location is part of 115 stores, most under the Sears Hometown name, liquidating merchandise in preparation for closure. Sears Hometown stores in 36 states and Puerto Rico are liquidating $40 million in inventory, according to a Monday release. The total includes seven in Kansas and three in Missouri. Aside from the Overland Park location, at 6327 W. 119th St., the nearest locations are in…

Yellow Corp. said it has eliminated one of its C-suite positions — a position that had been occupied by an executive operating out of the company’s Overland Park offices. Yellow (Nasdaq: YELL) cut the position of chief accounting officer on Dec. 8, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. With the move, the company terminated James Faught. The filing noted that Faught’s termination was not the result of any disagreement with company management or matter relating…

Evergy joins nearly 30 companies transferring their listings to the Nasdaq exchange this year.

The transactions will give H&R Block Inc.'s top executive a bit more to report on this year's taxes.

One of the flights being added is to a city getting more than 90 travelers a day from Kansas City, even without nonstop service.

Joette Pelster, who built up the Coterie Theatre, as well as other major Kansas City arts institutions, has died. Pelster’s death comes shortly after she announced that she would retire as executive director of the Coterie Theatre. The nonprofit theater’s annual budget increased from $600,000 to $1.6 million under her leadership, according to a release. Pelster’s impact on the Kansas City arts scene stretched across organizations and art forms. She formerly was marketing director for the…