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Dow posts worst month in two years

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped more than 900 points Friday as another sharp sell-off led by technology added to Wall Street’s losses in April, leaving the S&P 500’s with its biggest monthly skid since the start of the pandemic.

INDEPENDENCE RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS

Critical violations involve factors that can directly lead to foodborne illness and must be corrected within 72 hours or as otherwise stated. All critical violations must be corrected within 72 hours (or as otherwise stated on the report). All non-critical violations must be corrected by the next regular inspection (or as otherwise stated on the report).

Feds need to ramp up COVID treatment

The nation’s response to the pandemic has taken on a new phase, as mask mandates and social distancing give way to home-based testing and outpatient treatments. That’s why it’s essential the Biden administration get its new “test-to-treat” program up to speed. With new infections rising in Florida and nationally, the program is vital for helping a fatigued nation manage this ongoing outbreak.

ALIVIA LANE OLIVER

Alivia Lane Oliver, 17 of Independence, MO passed away Sunday, April 24, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, May 2, 2022, at the East Independence Church of Christ, 2020 S. 291 Hwy., Independence, MO 64057 with burial to follow in Mound Grove Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 11:00 a.m., until service time Monday at the church.

Michael (Mikie) Thomas Franklin, Jr.

Michael (Mikie) Thomas Franklin, Jr. born 4/27/93, passed away peacefully while surrounded by his family and close friends at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City on the morning of 4/22/2022. He was preceded in death by his father, Michael T. Franklin, Sr., his grandparents Orville and Oma Franklin. He is survived by his mother and stepfather Angela (Hayes) and Bryan Cady of Blue Springs, his brothers Jacob D. Franklin, Julian, Elias and Sullivan Cady, his sisters Justine Franklin and Adrienne Cady, and his uncle Richard Hayes of Broken Arrow, Ok.