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Days Gone By: Industrial woes, coyote caper, bank robbery
By Jeff Foxjeff.fox@examiner.net From The Examiner during the week of Oct. 18 to 23, 1976: “NO CONCERN FOR CITY’S PROBLEMS” – “Independence has a lot of problems, and nobody seems to care,” Dick Sorenson, industrial…
Entertainment
Friendly Halloween characters bring the forest to life in Independence
Characters from one of the Enchanted Forest skits in 2025. Independence’s annual family friendly Halloween event is this weekend and next weekend at George Owens Nature Park. [Photo courtesy of Enchanted Forest staff] By Mike Genet Mike.genet@examiner.net Enchanted Forest, the long-running family friendly Halloween event at George Owens Nature Park in Independence, takes place this…
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Photo gallery: Blue Springs South vs. Grain Valley in Class 5 District 7 softball championship game
Images from Blue Springs South vs. Grain Valley softball in the Class 5 District 7 championship game played Monday.
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Kenneth Kieser: Canada geese hunting on a budget can be done
Goose hunting on a budget is possible.