Avek IP is building out a new, 10,000-square-foot office in an Overland Park campus, consolidating two Johnson County offices into a single space.

The former Kansas City office managing partner for Bryan Cave now is senior counsel at Sandberg Phoenix.

Businesses in the Kansas City area closed a record number of mergers and acquisitions in 2022, up 21 from the year before, bucking a national trend that saw deals decline by 15%.

BMO Harris Bank doubled the size of its footprint in the Kansas City area with the acquisition of Bank of the West, allowing it to jump up the rankings of local banks. Market President Jennifer Hogan talks about the deal's effect on local bank operations.

The Kansas City Chiefs were champing at the bit to prove the doubters wrong about this year's football season. "This is just the beginning," they said at Wednesday's Super Bowl victory rally, the second in four years.

Kansas City Chiefs fans showed up in droves on Wednesday for a parade to celebrate the team's Super Bowl LVII win.