Construction for the NFL Draft at Union Station in Kansas City will begin March 27 and last right up to the start of the event. Hundreds of thousands are expected to attend the April 27-29 event.

Banking experts in the Kansas City area point to specific issues that led to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, and they share their key takeaways from the collapse.

UMB Financial Corp. shareholders, including the Kemper family, lost about $850 million in stock value since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Losses among four of the largest shareholders ranged from about $91 million to about $140 million

Prairie Village-based WireCo WorldGroup is making crane ropes in Missouri, allowing it to tap into a $6 billion market in the United States.

Prairie Village-based WireCo WorldGroup is making crane ropes in Missouri, allowing it to tap into a $6 billion market in the United States.

Shawnee attorney Juliane Colby, a former Jackson County public defender, was disbarred after pleading guilty to attempting to smuggle heroin to a convicted murderer inside a Missouri prison. Investigators say Colby struck up a relationship with the defendant while representing him at his murder trial.