Days Gone By: A rising star, festival memories, an important new road
From The Examiner during the week of Aug. 19 to 24, 1974.
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Phil Hanson: How tax policy affects charitable giving
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 made significant changes to the U.S. tax code. Many of these changes will expire after 2025 unless renewed by Congress. I find it interesting that one provision that will not expire is the lowering of the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. It was made permanent, at least until Congress votes to change it again.
A step of progress, a moment of reflection for a mom who took up a cause
Blair’s Law, which provides stiffer penalties for unlawful celebratory gunfire, goes into effect Wednesday. The next day is Michele Shanahan DeMoss’ birthday.
Blue Springs group aids those who serve others
Darrell Smith and the group of friends who started HeroFundUSA nine years ago say they are not heroes.
A new local effort to address homelessness
Community Services League and the Missouri Department of Transportation have developed a project to help unsheltered people living next to metro area highways and to clean up those area highways.
Blue Springs aims for downtown development
After the Blue Springs City Council received the downtown master plan in March, and Mayor Chris Lievsay asked for a citizen task force to prioritize master plan projects, the council wants to move forward on potential Main Street redesigns and take another shot at developing the former lumberyard property.
Independence health 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).
Police want public’s help in finding car involved in I-70 shooting
Independence police are seeking the public’s help as they investigate Tuesday evening’s shooting on Interstate 70 at Little Blue Parkway.
Independence health 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).
Local airplane maker soars to victory
Although he turned a hobby for building parts for small aircraft into a full-time business years ago, Tom McNerney never planned to build a show plane.