BLUE SPRINGS POLICE REPORTS
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Independence police investigate Tuesday homicide of teenager
Independence police are investigating after a teenager was shot to death Tuesday night at west-side apartment complex. Officers received calls at 8:35 p.m., for a shooting at the Sterling Creek Apartments in the 3300 block of Sterling Avenue, police said.
GRAIN VALLEY POLICE REPORTS
Wednesday, Jan. 26 911 hang-up • 200 block of Sni A Bar Alarm • 1300 block of Jefferson • 1200 block of Eagles Pkwy Assault • Sni A Bar and Eagles Pkwy.
Mask pressure shifts to local school leaders
As some of the last statewide school mask mandates near an end, responsibility is shifting back to local leaders, who are caught in the middle of one of the most divisive issues of the pandemic. “Unfortunately, this is an issue where you are not going to make everybody happy,” said Jeffrey Solan, school superintendent in Cheshire, Connecticut.
Senators want to suspend gas tax
WASHINGTON – Some Democratic senators on Wednesday called for suspending the federal gas tax for the remainder of the year to help consumers struggling with rising fuel prices. The legislation from Sens.
Biden condemns ‘hateful’ Florida bill
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration denounced a bill being advanced by Florida Republicans that would ban the discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation in K-12 schools. The bill orders that schools “may not encourage classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in K-12 schools “or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students.” The bill does not offer definitions on what would be appropriate.
US bases in range of new Iran missile
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran unveiled a new missile on Wednesday with a reported range that would allow it to reach both U.S. bases in the region as well as targets inside Israel, its top foe.
It’s Rowland against Weir for mayor
State Representative Rory Rowland and Independence Mayor Eileen Weir will face off in the April 5 general mayoral election, after Rowland received the most votes in Tuesday’s primary election. Weir, seeking a third four-year term, had a close call to advance, as she finished with just 106 more votes than third-place finisher Colleen Huff in a six-candidate field.
NATION & WORLD WATCH
US citizenship agency reverts to welcoming mission statement WASHINGTON – The U.S. agency that oversees legal immigration services is reverting its mission statement to refer to the country as “a nation of welcome and possibility.” The new statement unveiled Wednesday by Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ur Jaddou is symbolic but somewhat restores previous language after the agency removed a reference in 2018 to the U.S.
Hotel liquor license? Not so fast, city says
A rebranded and spruced-up Independence hotel has opened again near Noland Road and Interstate 70, but getting a liquor license is another matter. The Independence City Council unanimously voted Monday to deny a liquor license for the Clarion Pointe Hotel, next to Hawaiian Brothers and QuikTrip, as police say the hotel’s sketchy past, culminating in a multiarrest police sweep more than a year ago, still lingers, and adding a liquor license would only make it worse.