By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net Michele Shanahan DeMoss said she had been told this year would be different, that this year...

From The Examiner during the week of May 21-26, 1973: “VOTERS REJECT SUNDAY LIQUOR SALE” – Independence residents Tuesday voted...

Blue Springs South High School May 25 commencement at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City Class size: 481 graduates Post-secondary: $8 million...

By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net As he paced attentively through Woodlawn Cemetery on Thursday afternoon, Cole Etherton noted, “We picked a...

By The Examiner staff An Independence man died Thursday afternoon in a crash into a bridge pillar off Interstate 470...

By Bill Althaus The Examiner A gentleman got out of his car and walked up to Roy Miller's home, the...

By Jeff Fox jeff.fox@examiner.net Hillcrest Transitional Housing has a new facility in Independence to help young homeless people and those...

By Jeff Fox jeff.fox@examiner.net Jackson County voters will be asked Aug. 8 to approve a so-called use tax, that is,...

The Jackson County Environmental Health Division inspects sites where food is served outside Independence and Kansas City. Recent inspection results...

By The Examiner staff The Blue Springs’ Downtown Alive! community group ceremonially dedicated the “Cats on Main” art exhibit Tuesday...