RIGHT: Fireworks highlighted the Independence Day celebration held Saturday on the grounds of the Mormon Visitors’ Center in Independence. The event was brought back this year after a pandemic-related hiatus. [DAVID M. RAINEY/SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER]
DEAR ABBY: I have been married for two decades to a man who is incapable of connecting with anyone. It didn’t become apparent until after we were married. He is very good at surface relationships but cannot go deeper than that. Because of this, he abused, isolated and ignored me. He didn’t realize he was causing harm since he didn’t regard me -- and still doesn’t regard me -- as a person with emotions.
When the 2022 MO Grind Elite’s season began, coach LaDarrian Page and his fifth-grade team had one goal – to win the 2022 AAU Basketball Division 1 World Championship. They finished third last year, and every practice, game and team meeting paved the way to reaching that goal this year.
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is trying to compel U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and other members of Trump’s campaign legal team to testify before a special grand jury.
The Independence Fire Department continues to investigate a pair of fires from the holiday weekend. Neither fire resulted in injuries, though one destroyed an apartment complex carport with several vehicles parked.
Man drowns in Meramec River ST. LOUIS — A man died Monday after jumping from a rockface into the Meramec River east of Sullivan.
As any of you who have looked at your retirement accounts recently are well aware, the first half of 2022 was very bad for market performance. In fact, 2022 is the third worst first half of any year in U.S. stock market history. Only 1932 and 1940 were worse.
Missourians pay more than $4 billion in sales taxes a year. State and especially local government dependence on sales taxes is regressive, hitting those least able to pay the hardest. It’s a poor approach to government but one that this state has consciously embraced for decades.
Arlene Virginia Duensing, Lee’s Summit, Mo., 95, June 29, 2022. .
Belinda Lee, 48, North Kansas City, Mo., June 26, 2022. .