By Jim Salter and Geoff Mulvihill Associated Press ST. LOUIS — As Republican-led states have rushed to ban gender-affirming for minors, some families with transgender children found a bit of…
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net Carter Medina doesn’t remember when he had his first music lesson on the cello. But there’s a ready explanation: He was only 3 years old when…
By Mike Genetmike.genet@examiner.net Some might wonder, Christian Ostermann said, if there is anything new to say or write about the United States’ early Cold War policies, with all the books…
By Mike Genetmike.genet@examiner.net As Independence police continue to investigate a two-week-old missing person case, they have arrested the missing woman’s ex-boyfriend and still are looking for a vehicle and another…
By The Examiner staff An Independence man will spend 17 years in federal prison and must pay more than $1.1 million to victims and the government for two fraud schemes…
By The Examiner staff An Independence man will spend more than 12 years in prison for child pornography convictions stemming from two separate investigations. Nicholas Johnson, 29, was sentenced Wednesday…
Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to news@examiner. FRIDAY Noon yoga: 12 to 12:45 p.m., Sermon Center, 201 N. Dodgion St., Independence, 816-325-7370. Relax while toning and strengthening. Bring…
Lunches provided by area community centers during the week of Sept. 25-29. Vesper Hall: 400 N.W. Vesper St., Blue Springs, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost: $3.50 suggested donation for…
By The Examiner staff What: Blue Springs City Theatre hosts its first theater in the park event this weekend with performances of “Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood,…
By The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas man has been charged with two counts of murder after detectives in a newly formed cold case unit connected him…
