Missouri’s largest state-run public pension fund will assign a zero value to its approximately $91 million in Russiatied assets because of longterm uncertainty about when or if the holdings can be sold.
MARSHFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri school district that struggles to fill teacher vacancies plans to go to a four-day week starting next fall.
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine deepened Monday as Russian forces intensified their shelling and food, water, heat and medicine grew increasingly scarce, in what the country condemned as a medieval-style siege by Moscow to batter it into submission.
Worldwide pandemic toll passes 6 million BANGKOK (AP) — The official global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 6 million on Monday — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over. The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks, travel is resuming and businesses are reopening around the globe.
An Independence man has been sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for a child pornography conviction. A federal judge in Kansas City on Friday sentenced James A.
WASHINGTON — As the prospect of a red wave grows, a series of Republican missteps including recruiting stumbles, weak fundraising and intense infighting is threatening the GOP’s path to the Senate majority.
All Missourians ages 5 and older (Pfizer vaccine) or 18 and older (Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines) are eligible to receive COVID vaccines without charge. If you are seeking a third dose of Pfizer or Moderna, you should first talk with your health-care provider.
By The Examiner staff The Centers for Disease Control has announced new standards for community level transmission of COVID-19, and the continued drops in new cases and hospitalizations place Jackson County at the “medium” level – the middle of three levels. But although the county as a whole is at medium by CDC metrics, the Independence Health Department still considers the city’s transmission rate to be high.
Pre-kindergarten age children in the Independence School District can now receive books regularly thanks in part to country music legend Dolly Parton. The school district on Tuesday announced its affiliation with Dolly Parton Imagination Library, a foundation that for a quarter-century has distributed books to young children to foster reading enjoyment.
University Health: 7900 Lee’s Summit Road, Kansas City, and 2211 Charlotte St., Kansas City. Vaccinations are being given at both locations, Mondays through Fridays of from 7 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. You must make an appointment in order to receive the vaccination by calling 816-404-2273 or by visiting https://www.universityhealthkc.org/contact/#