Nearly two years after she first declared it, Independence Mayor Eileen Weir is ending the city’s COVID-related state of emergency. Weir announced the end of the state of emergency Wednesday, saying that as the city makes a transition to an “endemic response” to COVID-19, it was “time to close this chapter” for the city.
LONDON (AP) — Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice. The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust says the vessel lies 10,000 feet below the surface of the Weddell Sea, about four miles south of the location recorded in 1915 by its captain, Frank Worsley.
At 6 p.m. March 30, the Truman Library Institute will present a free online program about women pilots who helped to win World War II.
Blue Springs student honored Nathaniel Bowman of Blue Springs recently earned membership into the Delta Phi Academic Honor Society and the Academic Fourragere Award at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri. To qualify for membership, Bowman was required to maintain high academic standing for consecutive semesters.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats began pushing $13.6 billion in aid for besieged Ukraine and European allies through the House on Wednesday, part of a $1.5 trillion bipartisan compromise to finance federal agencies for the rest of this year.
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — In the wake of shootings that left one police officer dead and two others badly wounded, the mayor of Joplin urged residents Wednesday to pull together, just as they did 11 years ago when a massive tornado devastated the southwestern Missouri city.
The group Engaging Local Government Leaders has selected the 1879 Chicago & Alton Depot in Independence as part of its annual Best Local Government Places Award. The award this year celebrates preserving historical and cultural places.
The city of Independence has activated the Sermon Community Center at the corner of Noland and Truman roads as a warming site for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Sermon Center will be open as a warming site from 8 a.m.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been sentenced to four years in prison for a 2020 accidental shooting at the Kansas City Zoo that killed another man.