Local Business

Lee Jeans departing Merriam for new headquarters in North Carolina. Lee Jeans, which has operated its headquarters at a facility in Merriam for years, will leave the Kansas City area for Greensboro, N.C., as part of a restructuring of...

Overland Park Toys R Us building among real estate portfolio for sale by bankrupt toy company. The Toys R Us building at 11620 W. 95th Street in Overland Park is among 284 properties the bankrupt toy company has hired...

Buffett announces new GEICO center, 500 jobs coming to Lenexa. Investor Warren Buffett was in Lenexa with GEICO CEO Tony Nicely to announce a $10 million investment in a service center in Lenexa that will bring 500 jobs with...

Report: Warren Buffett coming to Lenexa today for announcement. The Kansas City Business Journal Reports that Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett will be visiting Lenexa today to make an announcement regarding the expansion of GEICO into the...

Overland Park Whole Foods will cease operations May 20. The Overland Park Whole Foods location at 7401 W. 91st St. will close May 20 as the company "relocates" its metro area presence to a new 48,200-foot store near UMKC....

One of the last vestiges of the mid-century development boom along Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park will close this fall. Sears Holdings announced on Thursday that it would be closing 20 more United States stores, including the location that had...

Chuck Matney has more space to craft his floral arrangements in the rush leading up to Mother's Day this year. Two-and-a-half years after Leslie Brett and Matney opened the Little Flower Shop in Westwood Hills, they've branched out to expand...

Mason Hans, the owner of Mission: Board Games, finds people are hungry for games that allow them to actually socialize while playing as opposed to staring at a computer screen. "You learn a lot about people when you compete with...

The Little Flower Shop may have only been open for a few hours, but things were already bustling in the new Westwood Hills shop Wednesday afternoon. Owner Leslie Brett darted about, finalizing details for a flower delivery one of her...

Two familiar northeast Johnson County names are joining forces to open a new flower store in Westwood Hills. Leslie Brett is working with Chuck Matney, who operated Matney Floral at the Fairway Shops for a quarter of a century before it...

Northeast Johnson County residents looking to broaden their artistic horizons – and maybe have a little wine in the process — will have a new go-to destination starting Thursday. Pinot’s Palette had its soft opening at the Village Shops last week,...

Dr. Jennifer McAroy recently signed a lease with the Village Merchants Association, and will be opening up a dental office in a space on Tomahawk Rd. late this summer. McAroy received her dental degree in 2004, and did a residency...