Republican incumbent Mike Cierpiot faces two challengers in Tuesday’s primary election for the Missouri Senate District 8 seat. The Lee’s Summit resident is on ballot with Rachl Aguirre of Lee’s Summit, a teacher, and local pastor Joe Nicola of Grain Valley.
Due to a production error, Tuesday’s two pages of comics were omitted. Those two pages along with the comics scheduled for Wednesday are in the B section of today’s paper.
The city of Independence will host an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday to introduce the three finalist candidates for police chief – Interim Chief Adam Dustman, Deputy Chief Ken Jarnagin and Idaho Falls, Idaho Chief Bryce Johnson.
An angry Rory Rowland says a leak of the full report from the Independence police overtime investigation to an area news outlet potentially puts the city at further legal risk. To close Monday’s City Council meeting, the mayor addressed a TV station’s report that evening with information from special counsel Dan Nelson’s investigation that Rowland said should have remained confidential.
Tatum Etherton of Independence was looking for a big project to do to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. He called Animals Best Friends to see what he could do to help them. Dianne Sanderson, president of ABF, suggested giving the fence at the ABF facility a facelift.
WASHINGTON — Last week, a bipartisan group of 16 U.S. senators agreed on a long-awaited proposal to fix the Electoral Count Act, the ramshackle 1887 law that Donald Trump used to try to overturn the 2020 election.
First-year William Chrisman High School football coach Michael Rose-Ivey realizes the importance of generating interest among youngsters in Eastern Jackson County. That is one of the best ways for his program to grow and thrive.
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — For as long as anyone can remember, rent increases rarely happened at Ridgeview Homes, a family-owned mobile home park in upstate New York.
Shirley I. Spencer 88 Independence, MO July 16, 2022 .
Juda “Judy” Ann Cook, 80, Lee’s Summit, Mo., July 21, 2022. Speaks Suburban Chapel.