OPINION
One way that Truman helped make America a safer place
January 20, 1949 was a memorable day for Independence, as the city’s most famous...
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A tradition in peril
O N LEECH LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — Seated low in her canoe sliding through a rice bed on this vast lake, Kendra Haugen used one wooden stick to bend the stalks and another to knock the rice off,...
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Drumm Farm expands program to serve a population in need
COMPASS program, with apartments for those leaving foster system, now has starter housing for young parents After the Drumm Farm Center for Children started construction on a second set of apartments at an off-campus site a couple of...
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Is ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ worth all the drama?
Up-and-coming director Olivia Wilde brings together good elements, but the result falls a little short Somewhere around when By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer TikTok videos were analyzing, with the intensity of the Zapruder film, whether spit flew...
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SPORTS
Trio key in Fort Osage rally
The match was on the line. The rival Fort Osage and William Chrisman volleyball teams were in a back-and-forth battle in Thursday’s non-conference contest at William Chrisman High School.
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