By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net Major Ed Turner, who has been with the Independence Police Department for more than two decades,...

This past week I taught a seminar on effective budget making. It broke down the basics on proper ratios of...

By The Examiner staff Independence police continue to investigate an assault on a school bus last week in which three...

By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net Renowned historian and author Doris Kearns Goodwin will be the keynote speaker for the 24th annual...

By The Examiner staff Blue Springs Mayor Carson Ross is the new chair of the Mid-America Regional Council Board of...

Note: This Ken Garten column was first published in 2003. Among the most common cocktail party questions posed to a...

From The Examiner during the week of Jan. 22-27, 1973: "THE LONGEST WAR ENDS" – Washington (UPI) – President Nixon...

By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net Two incumbents have been re-elected to the Blue Springs School District Board of Education, and one...

By Jeff Fox jeff.fox@examiner.net Jackson County residents will vote on a 3 percent tax on recreational marijuana. The money would...

By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net The city of Grain Valley has sued the Jackson County Election Board to use new district...