The ranking is based on project counts, capital expenditures and job creation from March 2024 through mid-August 2025.

Incarnate will play Lee’s Summit North (29-7) in the Class 5 semifinals at the Civic Arena in St. Joseph at noon Thursday.

Some furloughed rangers are putting their skills to other uses, including taking environmental education to classrooms.

Thanks to the federal government shutdown and competing demands, VAS has lost 77% of the funding it typically gets from ...