By Bill Althaus Special to The Examiner The motto for this year’s Blue Springs South baseball team is inspirational: “Pulling ...

Ryan O’Hearn is used to defying expectations by now. The Orioles’ first baseman-outfielder arrived in Baltimore two years ago ...

It came so much quicker than I thought it would. It brings me to tears, yet I’m so happy. The oldest grandkid has graduated from high school.

FRIDAY, MAY 30 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Class 6 State Quarterfinals 4 p.m. — ...

The Jackson County Environmental Health Division inspects lodging establishments and sites where food is served outside Independence and Kansas City. Recent inspection results in Grain Valley include: ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe’s stadium funding plan for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals is facing growing resistance from across the ideological spectrum as lawmakers prepare to return to the Missouri Capitol on ...

Steve Cassity is returning to Truman High School to take over as the head coach of the boys basketball program. That ...

Blue Springs South’s pitching staff dominated action last week in the Class 6 District 5 tournament at Grain Valley High ...

America’s troubadour, Paul Simon, once wrote and sang, “When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a ...

By Jason HancockMissouri Independent The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a judge in Kansas City to lift an ...

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey drew criticism for recent comments about the fact some coaches and athletic directors in the SEC are wondering why the league is still in the NCAA.

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