OPINION
Our opinion: Shooting ourselves in the foot with debt-ceiling games
The current debt-ceiling showdown in Washington is a needless political crisis that serves no...
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Senior center meals — May 30-June 2
Lunches provided by area community centers during the week of May 29 to June 2. Vesper Hall: 400 N.W. Vesper St., Blue Springs, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost: $3.50 suggested donation for ages 60 and older; $5.75...
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'Overwhelming feeling of peace' at law's long-awaited passage
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net Michele Shanahan DeMoss said she had been told this year would be different, that this year the legislation named for her daughter would finally make it through the Missouri General Assembly. When that moment...
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Gerard Butler comes through in flawed but worthwhile 'Kandahar'
By Katie Walsh Trubune News Service Our macho action movie auteurs are starting to reckon with the tragic situation in Afghanistan, which has fallen to the Taliban after the withdrawal of the United States in 2021. On the...
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SPORTS
2022-23 Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Work pays off in record career for Grain Valley’s Grace Slaughter
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net When Grace Slaughter was a freshman, a coach challenged her to shoot 1,500 3-point shots a week. "I love a challenge, but I remember that first week," said Slaughter, who now holds every scoring...
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