Lake Jacomo Marina and Jackson County Parks and Recreation will host National Marina Day on Saturday, June 8.

Missouri Town 1855 and Jackson County Parks and Recreation will host Children's Day and National Trails Day on Saturday, June 1.

Gangnam style, really? “We didn’t know what that was,” joked Carol Baker.

The Blue Springs Christian Motorcyclists Association and Texas Roadhouse will host the 5th Annual Military Honor Rally Motorcycle Show and Bike Blessing Saturday at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Blue Springs to benefit the Impact Food Pantry.

Dozens of community members were recognized during the Cultural Arts Coalition’s Biennial Recognition Dinner.

Encore Theatre’s latest production, “Tut, Tut, Tutsy,” opens Friday at the Sermon Center Powerhouse Theatre. A dinner theater will be held on Saturday evening, but reservations had to be made in advance. Virginia Hudson, who plays Mrs. Drayton, answered some questions about the play.

There is only one way to describe Bailey Werner’s character of Martirio in Truman High School’s production of “The House of Bernarda Alba” – sneaky and malicious.

When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice. Other great singers have come and gone, but this fact remained inviolate until Jones passed away Friday at 81 in a Nashville hospital after a year of ill health.

A proposal to designate an official anthem of Missouri appears to have hit a flat note in a legislative committee.

The Festival of Color – Youth Art Show is sponsored by the Citizen's Civic and Cultural Committee, Independence Art Association and Independence Parks and Recreation.