For the last time this summer, Garrett McGowan heard the roar of a crowd at Big Rock Stadium in Morehead City, North Carolina. The Blue Springs High School graduate has spent this summer playing for the Morehead City Marlins in the Coastal Plain League, a summer collegiate league.
Much as I’d like to blame every modern social ill on social media – which is as easy as shooting fish in a barrel – I’m not sure that’s quite on the mark. All we could want is a tap or two away on those smart-smart things we still quaintly call “phones.” Your bank balance? Your 401(k) balance? Time and temp? Facebook, Instagram and the Next Big Thing.
Climate change is stoking life-threatening heat and wildfires in Europe while tens of millions of Americans in the South, Southwest and Midwest broil under excessive heat this week. Much of California is under strict outdoor watering restrictions because of severe drought. But President Biden’s best hope for serious climate action has collapsed.
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NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri police officer died Tuesday after he was shot during a traffic stop by a suspect who then fled, officials said.
The political action committee backing independent Senate candidate John Wood is “in it to win it,” former Sen. Jack Danforth said a day after the PAC spent another $750,000 on TV ads to run before the Aug. 2 primary.
The Community Blood Center reports that we are now facing the worst blood shortage in a decade. You can help save lives by donating blood from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 31 at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 3736 S. Lee’s Summit Road, Independence.
SALEM, Mo. — Everyone hoping to be the GOP nominee to replace retiring U.S.
All four candidates for the Aug. 2 primary election for an open seat on the Independence City Council participated in Tuesday’s candidate forum hosted by the Independence Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to his findings of inappropriate overtime use for an extensive police building renovation in Independence, special counsel Dan Nelson outlined several recommendations for City Hall. Nelson said a severe breakdown in communication between the Police Department and City Hall led to officers – one in particular – accumulating significant overtime pay to complete a renovation project that should have been bid out.