Public hours at the Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence expand this week and will continue to expand later in April. Tickets, which had only been available online and for timed entry, will be available at the door.
Hale Gene Dexter 87, Lees Summit, MO Passed March 8, 2022, in his home of natural causes. Born December 29, 1934, at a home in Independence, MO to Hale Fredrick Dexter and Gertrude Elizabeth (Sisk) Dexter.
Jack Crowson Cardwell, 75, of Independence, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Jack was born on August 2, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Delbert Crowson and Betty Boseman.
In 2012, Vladimir Putin took his media corps out to an Arctic peninsula in Siberia to showcase his leadership prowess for all the world to see. Then he dressed up like a bird, donning a billowy white suit and white helmet, climbed into a motorized whitewinged hang glider along with a skilled pilot.
Lou E. Goble, 92, Greenwood, MO, April 1, 2022.
Wanda L. Cully, 88, Odessa, MO, March 31, 2022.
While the U.S. casts about for some way to bring more pressure on Russia without joining the war in Ukraine, Bing West, former U.S. assistant secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan, has a plan. We think the Biden administration should listen.
A woman was reported in critical condition after a pre-dawn fire Monday in western Blue Springs. Fire officials say they are investigating a possible arson.
Lee’s Summit police continue to investigate the killing of a Kansas City teenager found Friday evening in a car alongside Interstate 470. According to police, emergency crews were called shortly after 9 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15 Animal bite • 4:06 p.m., 1600 block of S.W. White Oak Lane Animal running at large • 11:24 a.m., 400 block of S.W.