Ed Litton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, has announced he will break with tradition and not seek a second term in the top convention role.
Thursday, Feb. 10 Identity theft 3:25 p.m., 1500 block of W.
Kate Gray has found a way, during a pandemic, to bring her love of gardening and nature indoors. The owner of Lake + Flora, a new boutique at 713 N.W.
As demand for COVID-19 vaccines collapses in many areas of the U.S., states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste.
The Biden administration is seeking another $10 billion to help protect Ukraine against the Russian invasion and an additional $22.5 billion to cover coronavirus pandemic-related expenses, two major additions to budget talks already underway.
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a settlement Thursday over its role in the opioid crisis that includes virtually all U.S. states and thousands of local governments, with the Sackler family members who own the company boosting their cash contribution to as much as $6 billion.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of the Texas coast in 2017. Then in 2020, ferocious winds from Hurricane Laura destroyed homes across coastal Louisiana. Hurricane Ida hit in 2021, leaving the entire city of New Orleans without power for days.
Independence police have identified the victim of a Feb. 20 crash on Interstate 70 as Bryan Figueroa Marquez, 26, of Independence.
To and from their southeast Independence home in the neighborhood between Jackson Drive and Ringo Road, Ted and Teresa Butler often use Little Blue Parkway near Interstate 70. Traffic can get congested in that commercial area, particularly on weekends, they say, and they’re concerned about whether a significant business and industrial park development off Little Blue Parkway would make it worse.
With warm temperatures, dry surface conditions and wind gusts over the next couple days, the Independence Fire Department has issued a burn ban until 8 a.m. Sunday.