MARSHFIELD – A Missouri man who pleaded guilty to stuffing his wife’s body in a freezer more than six years ago has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Larry Dinwiddie, 59, of Marshfield, was sentenced Monday after he pleaded guilty in November to second-degree murder in the death of Cynthia Dinwiddie, television station KYTV reported.
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A public forum featuring the six mayoral candidates in Independence is scheduled for 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday at Walnut Gardens Community of Christ Church, 19201 East R.D. Mize Road, Independence.
Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to nmelton@examiner.net or mailed to: The Examiner, 300 N. Osage St., Independence, MO 64050, attention Nancy Melton. Also, check the calendar online at examiner.net.
Happy Australia Day, gentle readers. Yes, today is the Aussie’s fourth of July and is celebrated widely with parties, trips to the beach, boating on the harbor and lots of fireworks. I will no doubt be having a Vegemite sandwich in its honor.
Friday, Dec. 24 Animal bite • 10:42 a.m., 4300 block of N.W.
Monday, Dec. 27 Arrest • 2:05 a.m., 11100 block of E.
County prosecutors will not file charges against Jackson County court deputies who shot and wounded a Blue Springs man last year after the man pointed an air rifle at the deputies. The deputies were delivering an eviction notice to a tenant, identified in a November letter from the prosecutor's office as Donald Smith, then 38, when Smith was shot Jan.
BANGKOK – A U.S. Navy F35C Lightning II combat jet conducting exercises in the South China Sea crashed while trying to land on the deck of an American aircraft carrier, injuring seven sailors, the military said Tuesday.
University Health: Regular testing hours are weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. Testing is available at both sites – the Lakewood campus at 7900 Lee’s Summit Road, Kansas City, and the Hospital Hill site at 2211 Charlotte, Kansas City.