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Independence chief recommends tighter policy on police chases
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net The Independence interim police chief recommends that the department adopt a more restrictive vehicle chase policy, which generally means officers would not pursue a vehicle based on low-level offenses unless there…
Entertainment
In ‘Rooster,’ Steve Carell leads a gentle comedy about a father-daughter relationship
Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times In “Rooster,” a genial comedy now on HBO, Steve Carell, comfortable as an uncomfortable person, plays Greg Russo, the author of a best-selling series of books whose hero is named Rooster. He has come to leafy, fictional Ludlow College to give a reading, but also because it’s where his daughter,…
Multimedia
Photo gallery: Grain Valley girls basketball vs. Columbia Hickman in Class 6 District 7 semifinal
Images from the Grain Valley High School girls basketball team’s Class 6 District 7 semifinal against Columbia Hickman on Wednesday.
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Motivated Blue Springs South tops top-seeded Battle to capture second straight district title
Blue Springs South senior guard Blayne Marshall admits that his Jaguar teammates had some extra motivation for Saturday’s district final.