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District chooses a solution that is truly in touch with what parents, students, and teachers want to see in a SIS MESA, Ariz., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Edupoint(TM) Educational Systems, a leading student information system (SIS) solutions provider to the national K-12 market, has been selected by Olathe Public Schools (OPS) to implement its Synergy® SIS solution. The centralized, web-based solution will provide this high performing district with a fully integrated system...
Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Google Fiber announced on Tuesday that it will expand its high-speed Internet service to Grandview, Missouri after the city’s board of aldermen agreed to provide the company with a franchise. The city is just 16 miles from Kansas City, where Google first rolled out the ultra-high-fast Gigabit service almost a year ago. Google debuted its Fiber Internet service to Kansas City, Missouri last July, offering residents speeds of one...
B. E. Smith, the only full-service leadership solutions firm dedicated exclusively to healthcare providers, has been retained to lead a national chief medical officer search for Swope Health Services in Kansas City, Mo. The top executive search firm in the healthcare industry, B. E. Smith has recently placed more than 900 healthcare executives into organizations. LENEXA, Kan. (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 B. E. Smith, the only full-service leadership solutions firm dedicated exclusively to...
Yanfeng USA to provide interior components for General Motors; plans to create 263 jobs RIVERSIDE, Mo., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kansas City Area Development Council announced today that Yanfeng USA Automotive Trim Systems will construct a new 258,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in the Kansas City area. The Michigan-based subsidiary of Yanfeng Visteon of China, a General Motors supplier, plans to build the $45 million manufacturing and sequencing facility and expects to...
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A joint team of graduate students representing Kansas State University, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the University of Kansas has been selected as the winner of the 2013 Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. This unique three-university team took the $50,000 top prize with their proposed long-term development plan for a downtown Minneapolis site adjacent to the new Minnesota Vikings Stadium location....
LENEXA, Kan., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kansas City Homes & Gardens, the definitive home design resource for the region, has launched its newly re-designed site, KCHandG.com, to enhance the user experience for both local home design businesses and homeowners. With a streamlined design, improved search functionality and rich multi-media content, the new KCHandG.com makes it easier for consumers to find home design ideas, resources and professionals. (Logo:...
Company will invest $4.7M in its new operations, which will provide interiors for new Ford TRANSIT van KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kansas City Area Development Council announced today that Adrian Steel, a Michigan-based manufacturer of commercial van and truck equipment, is expanding to Kansas City to supply parts for the Ford Motor Company. Adrian Steel will lease 11 acres for a new 32,000-sq.-ft. facility and eight-acre logistics center at the Hunt Midwest...
The Blue Distinction® designation aids consumers and employers in choosing high-performing hospitals OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) has named Saint Luke's South Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center in Knee and Hip Replacement. The Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care® program is a national designation awarded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have...
Members Secretly Rush Through Attempted Bylaw Changes on Eve of Court Ruling Affirming New Board Appointees NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of North Kansas City has learned that the legacy members of the North Kansas City Hospital Board of Trustees, led by Board Chair Dr. Michael Montgomery, tried to rush through secret changes to the Board's bylaws the night before the Clay County Court reaffirmed the City's authority to appoint new Board members....
KATY, Texas, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Sports + Outdoors (d/b/a Academy), a premier sports, outdoor and lifestyle retailer, today announced that it will open two new stores in Kansas City this summer in Overland Park and Olathe. Academy is known throughout the southeast and Midwest U.S. for its wide selection of team sports and golf products, footwear and apparel along with hunting, fishing and camping equipment and gear. In total, Academy Sports + Outdoors will bring...
