By joining forces with Olathe Health, the University of Kansas Health System will compete with several other big hospital players in Southern Johnson County.

The Savannah Bananas, an alternative baseball team based on entertainment, will play the Kansas City Monarchs next season on May 5 and 6. The Bananas, who do goofy dances and antics on the field during games, are coming to Kansas City as part of a 33-city national tour. In Kansas City, they will play on the Monarchs' home field, Legends Field in Kansas City, Kansas. The team has 3.5 million followers on TikTok, outpacing every Major League Baseball team. “Now we are bringing the show to almost…

Seven companies based in the Kansas City area made a list of the 100 Healthiest Workplaces in America. The list is created by the same company that conducts the Kansas City Business Journal's Healthiest Employers Awards program. Data analytics company Springbuk chooses companies based on an assessment developed by a group of representatives from the academic, medical, wellness and business communities. These local companies were chosen: No. 16: National Association of Insurance Commissioners —…

The Hyde Park neighborhood in Kansas City will show off five century-old homes, along with a stone chapel built in the 1940s. See photos of the featured homes and learn more about their history.

Weston cheese maker Green Dirt Farm has plans to open a Crossroads Arts District cafe. The location is slated to open in the spring of 2023 at 1601 Oak St., according to The Kansas City Star. The location will feature a 65-person capacity cafe on the first floor. An event space will fill the second level and include a rooftop deck. It also will have space to produce its cheese and start making sheep's milk, a new product for Green Dirt Farm. Its executive chef will be Oskar Arevalo, who right…

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott donated $15 million to Kansas City-based Health Forward Foundation, a health care nonprofit that provides resources to eliminate health barriers for the metro area's underserved populations. The organization will use the one-time donation to invest in affordable housing and homeownership initiatives, which are a key part of health, the nonprofit said in a release. It also will use the funding to help increase the number of people of color in the region's health sciences…