By The Examiner staff A double shooting early Thursday at an east-side Independence apartment complex left one man dead and another injured. The shooting happened… Login to continue reading Login…
The city of Blue Springs, which for years has lit up the Mayor’s Christmas Tree in front of City Hall, took a different route this year, as crews strung up displays around Rotary Park, including the Mayor’s Tree across the lake from the pavilion where Mayor Chris Lievsay’s family flipped the switch. “We didn’t know what to expect; very impressive,” Stephanie Smith said of the display, which Blue Springs has dubbed the North Pole Trail of Lights, after her daughter Giada finished visiting with Santa.
Independence Rotary has honored two seniors at Fort Osage High School as students of the month.
With a Dec. 31 deadline nearing, there is no outwardly visible progress by Jackson County elected officials on how to use the county’s remaining $70.4 million in federal pandemic relief money.
Community Services League has a few sign-up spots remaining for Eastern Jackson County residents for its annual Christmas store next week, which takes place at the Independence Uptown Market on the Square and at other CSL offices.
The team of police detectives that investigated the double-fatal shooting Nov. 7 at an apartment complex, involving Independence police, has handed the case over to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office.
Independence Power & Light will start the process to demolish the largest of three chimney stacks at the shuttered Blue Valley Power Plant.
Christy Miller says it took several years to get to better places in life, after the tragic death of her son in February 2000.
Amid all the political chatter as well as the nervousness about what the new administration in Washington will mean for the economy, it’s easy to overlook what’s right in front of us. For example, Missouri manufacturing exports so far in 2024 are up 13.3% from 2023, according to the U.S.
I hope you and yours enjoyed a blessed Thanksgiving Day last week. Yesterday was Giving Tuesday.