A few years ago, as she read a bucket-list-by-50-years-old book, Sonci Bleckinger recalled that her 40th birthday had lacked meaning and excitement, and she decided to make sure her 50th didn’t leave the same feeling.
Lunches provided by area community centers during the week of June 17-21:
Area students graduate from Truman State University
Independence police have identified the victim of a June 5 homicide, a shooting outside an apartment complex in the northwest part of the city, as 20-year-old Donnie Kirkland of Independence.
A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries, Independence police said, from a two-vehicle crash late Thursday morning on the city’s west side.
The Independence School District will stick with its in-house roster for substitute staff services.
JEFFERSON CITY — Although state coffers are flush with a surplus hovering around $5 billion, Gov. Mike Parson said Wednesday he plans to slash some spending in the budget sent to him by lawmakers in May.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a conservative Christian group's claim that the abortion medication used by more than 5 million American women is unsafe and should be withdrawn from the market.
The recent UM System Board of Curators petition to remove racial and ethnic criteria from 53 donated scholarships and funds is a final step in a year-long process that has already removed such criteria from millions of dollars in student aid.