Those old Hollywood newspaper flicks are great, but today’s journalists don’t run around newsrooms yelling “Get me rewrite!” Nor do they sprint across the room shouting “Stop the presses!” over the clickclack of teletype machines and manual typewriters.
Walmart shooting underscores need for violence prevention in the workplace NEW YORK (AP) — The mass shooting Wednesday at a Walmart in Virginia was only the latest example of a workplace shooting perpetrated by an employee. But while many companies provide active shooter training, experts say there is much less focus on how to prevent workplace violence, particularly how to identify and address worrisome behavior among employees.
The biggest game in the history of the Lee’s Summit North football program takes place at 4 p.m. Saturday.
As we enter the holiday season, it’s easy to get swept away in the events and festivities of this time of year. I think it’s a great time to stop, slow down, and reflect on the positive things happening in our community. Truman Heartland Community Foundation donors have made a substantial impact in the past year, making our Eastern Jackson Counties communities better places to live, work and serve. And for this, we are so thankful.
Missouri deer harvest higher this year JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri hunters have harvested more than 261,893 deer so far this year, with a few more expected to come in the remaining weeks of the season. Preliminary data reported by the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that the bulk of the deer killed came on the 10day November portion of firearms deer season, which ran through Tuesday.
Larry Pearce, Independence To the editor: My mother-in-law always said, “Paper lets anyone write on it.” This year the politicians have changed the word “paper” to the word “television.” For months now we’ve heard that “Television lets anyone say anything about anybody if it’s true or not.” In Missouri, a candidate was accused of being in cahoots with the communists because he OK’d the sale of some farmland. His opponent said she would never sell any farmland to China.
The Chiefs could have wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster back for this weekend’s game against the Los Angeles Rams after he returned to practice for the first time since landing in the concussion protocol two weeks ago.
My first experience duck hunting was a real quack up. His instructions were simple enough, although hard to follow, at 6 a.m.
Twenty years ago, I attended my son’s high school football game. As I walked into the stadium, I saw my son on the field and waved to him.
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A three-goal outburst in the first period paved the way for the Rapid City Rush to stop the Kansas City Mavericks 5-2 in the first of a three-game series at The Monument.