Independence Rotary has named two new Truman High School graduates as students of the month. Elizabeth Dotson was manager of ...

The Jackson County Environmental Health Division inspects lodging establishments and sites where food is served generlly outside Independence and Kansas City. Recent inspection results in Blue Springs ...

Time refuses to pass dully in college sports now.

Mid-Continent Public Library’s annual summer reading program begins Sunday and runs through Aug. 24, with an aim to build or continue regular reading habits during students’ summer break.

When Tommy LaPour was an all-state athlete in three different sports at Blue Springs South High School, he said he felt like he had completed his Jaguar legacy.

A head-on crash Sunday morning in Independence sent four people to the hospital Police say it happened about 11:09 a.m. at U.S. 24 and Harris… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary ...

An Independence woman was struck – twice – and killed on Interstate 70 early Saturday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol has not given her name… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimenta ...

I made many housewives angry in my youth. We lived by a community lake with several houses and they all had flower beds.

Eventually, municipal park departments reach a point where a playground set needs to be replaced, even if it might be popular ...

Shortly after the Tyler Perry movie “The Six Triple Eight” debuted last December, Harry and Lorine Hill were watching the ...

When Blue Springs South designated hitter Bennett Collins hit the first pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning, it took a ...

By Bill Althaus Special to The Examiner Coach Tad O’Had says the most important game in a best-of-seven playoff series is ...