Smart Warehousing is suing a client, claiming it stored products in a food-grade warehouse that caused a beetle infestation. The lawsuit seeks $1.56 million in damages.

The new local stores fall in line with Burlington's plans to open 100 new stores a year through 2028.

The affiliation with Highmark Inc. received approval from the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City will remain locally governed.

EquipmentShare says the two terminated employees offer an identical technology. Its lawsuit says they didn't have time to test and set up the tech they use in a competing business.

The project would add about 200 apartments near the Overland Park Farmers' Market.

The Chiefs have given several different job projections tied to stadium operations in recent years — some bigger and some smaller than they now project from a $4 billion-plus stadium project in Kansas.