$1.1 Billion Gift Aims to Make Kansas City, Mo., a `BioMed Valley'.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ......is an enormous gift. It's another example of Kansas City's generosity...efforts to make the Kansas City area a nationally...sciences center. The gift is so magnificent...officer of the Kansas City Area Development...Marcusse said the gift will remove any...

Jay McShann; Helped Shape Kansas City Jazz, Blues Sound

The Washington Post;  December 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Southwest early in his career, Mr. McShann came upon Kansas City's vibrant music scene in the mid-1930s. He found...Thomas "Fats" Waller and Earl "Fatha" Hines. In Kansas City, he absorbed the energetic, blues- drenched...before his death. In 1937, he was walking past a Kansas City ...

Kansas City Hotel's New Summer Packages Take the Heat Off Gas Prices &...

Marketwire;  August 6, 2008 ;     358 words ......and convenient Kansas City hotels, the Kansas City Airport Marriott...summer vacation. The Kansas City Airport hotel is...rates and enticing gift cards this season...Package offers a $25 gift card to a local...savings towards Kansas City attractions ...

Kansas City Hotel's New Summer Packages Take the Heat Off Gas Prices &...

Canadian Corporate News;  August 6, 2008 ;     385 words ......and convenient Kansas City hotels, the Kansas City Airport Marriott...summer vacation. The Kansas City Airport hotel is...rates and enticing gift cards this season...Package offers a $25 gift card to a local...savings towards Kansas City attractions ...

TAKING STOCK OF KANSAS CITY.(LIVING)(Column)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  July 21, 1997 ;     700+ words ......more sprawling and just as interesting as ever. Kansas City is another of the fine Midwestern cities that...Of course, that is arrogant for us to say. Kansas City has been discovered, all right, by a million...Nina and I were, and are now at Channel 5 in Kansas City. They are doing ...

Kansas City and highbrow art? Jazzy town corrals rich lineup of museums,...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 5, 2002 ;     647 words ......Writer Highbrow art in Kansas City, Mo.? Who knew? OK, if...hit New York City - but Kansas City makes a great weekend...century, is hanging in Kansas City at the Nelson-Atkins...When I first visited Kansas City about four years ago...Hereford House beef, Kansas ...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Rick Babson Column.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 16, 1999 ;     404 words ......CLEAVER'S CHRISTMAS-IN-MARCH GIFT LOOKED BETTER WRAPPED...TRIMMINGS: With the buildup Kansas City Mayor Emanuel Cleaver...Cleaver's March Christmas gift the lead story of the...400 high-paying jobs to Kansas City from Omaha, Neb., left...

Kansas City, Mo.-Area Lawmakers Share in Lobbyist Riches.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ...By Kit Wagar, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight...and pointed to the gift bag on his desk...The largest single gift to Hoppe was $1...includes the city of Kansas City, provided Hoppe...black community in Kansas City. Wilson said lobbyists...majority of lobbyist ...

Chairman, CEO of UMB Financial Named Kansas Citian of the Year.(Originated...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 27, 1997 ;     540 words ...Nov. 27--Longtime Kansas City banker R. Crosby Kemper...dinner of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce...national conventions from Kansas City. After he received the...event's theme. Author and Kansas City native Calvin Trillin...million to rebuild the Kansas ...

Funeral fund provides for Kansas City's jazz pioneers

AP Worldstream;  June 13, 2003 ;     590 words ......putting the intersection of 18th and Vine in Kansas City on every jazz fan's map. It was the Kansas City style, said 87-year-old pianist and bandleader...creator of the fund and a columnist for The Kansas City Star. This is sort of a coda to these guys' lives. Penn is a native of ...

Kansas City Legal Leaders of the Year to be honored in April

Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......graduate tax program, which has produced many Kansas City tax lawyers. Additionally, Hood created a bar...such as Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City and the Della C. Lamb Neighborhood House. He...Morrison Hecker partner has contributed to the Kansas City community for ...

Let Kansas City surprise you

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 10, 2002 ;     696 words ...KANSAS CITY, Mo.--Highbrow art and Kansas City? Who knew? OK, so if you'...century, is hanging in Kansas City at the Nelson-Atkins Museum...Monet. I first visited Kansas City about four years ago...Hereford House beef and Kansas City barbecue, and had ...

STATION CASINOS BREAKS GROUND FOR KANSAS CITY STATION

PR Newswire;  August 9, 1995 ;     664 words ...KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Top...political and business leadership of Kansas City, Mo., in breaking ground for Kansas City Station Casino (KCSC), the largest...another significant achievement of Kansas City's Port Authority and the City of Kansas ...

Kansas City Royals Announce Details of Sale Process

PR Newswire;  October 8, 1997 ;     489 words ......Distributed to Prospective Bidders; Proceeds Benefit Kansas City Charity KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kansas City Royals today announced details of the process...who will be committed to keeping baseball in Kansas City while generating the highest return ...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Manager Keeps Moving Forward.(Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 26, 1997 ;     394 words ...KANSAS CITY, Mo.--Aug. 26--Like most information...at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Meanwhile, he also devotes time...Martin Luther King Urban Center in Kansas City, Kan. It's no surprise that Gilmore...Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City in March 1994. He ...