The Olathe-headquartered engineering consulting firm has completed five acquisitions so far this year. The deals add to an acquisition strategy Terracon has been chipping away at since 2005.

Former employees and executives at Cerner Corp., now Oracle Health, have gone on to launch startups and lead health tech companies in and outside the metro.

University of Missouri-Kansas City Chancellor Mauli Agrawal sees the building bolstering the school's reputation as a research institution and driving job growth.

The Kansas City streetcar has one of the highest daily and annual ridership averages compared with 13 other streetcar systems in the U.S., despite being one of the smallest.

The streetcar route will get new signs and other improvements as part of the $351.7 million project to extend the line to the Country Club Plaza area.

The $1.5 billion-asset foundation, founded by the late Cerner CEO and his wife, picked a new leader.