For years, UMKC’s Bloch School struggled for dollars and recognition as it sought to join the nation’s elite business schools. That all changed in 2011 when UMKC vaulted above Harvard, MIT and Stanford in rankings for innovation management research, on the heels of Henry Bloch’s $32 million gift to the school for a state-of-the-art facility. But behind UMKC’s rise to No. 1, a trail of exaggerations, misstatements, selective science and nondisclosures raises questions about the validity of the rankings.

In Kansas City, the T-shirt is on top of local style. We have Charlie Hustle, Baldwin and more. We asked a local style guru for tips on how to rock those shirts.

Houndstooth menswear shop recently opened at 507 Walnut St. in the River Market, selling private label men’s suits, British made shoes, casual wear and locally produced products like locally made leather goods and high-quality KC themed T-shirts.

The Jackson County Legislature on Monday unanimously approved deleting a section of the county weapons code that prohibited discharging firearms or arrows in parts of eastern Jackson County. The ordinance had confused and angered some landowners, who said it prohibited them from hunting on their property.

Second — or third — careers keep life rewarding for more and more Kansas City people 65 and older.