DES MOINES, Iowa – U.S. farmers can expect income from crops and livestock production to tumble, with costs spiking and government payments falling, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a forecast for 2022.
MOSCOW – International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron holding talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington to coordinate policies as fears of a Russian invasion mounted.
Sometimes, while addressing others on the job, Travis Forbes realizes that he’s channeling his former boss from the Independence Police Department, Fred Mills. “His voice kind of rings through your head, and I find myself using some of the same terminology he would use,” said Forbes, who rose through the ranks at IPD and became Lee’s Summit’s police chief in 2014.
KAMPALA, Uganda – The European Union and the United States are raising alarm over torture allegedly perpetrated by Uganda’s security forces, with a prominent writer and government critic saying that he is a recent victim.
Jackson County legislators on Monday took no vote on a proposed shortterm requirement that students and staff in public schools wear face masks to slow the spread of COVID-19. Legislature Chair Charlie Franklin, D-Independence, made a procedural move that brings the issue up again next Monday.
JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson’s push to raise state worker pay to a minimum of $15 per hour could be in jeopardy for some employees of Missouri’s sprawling state government.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City police officers called early Monday to a home for a domestic disturbance fatally shot a man who left the home wielding a knife, investigators said.
Friday night under the lights has been a passion, and tradition for prep football players and fans for decades. But that could change if younger people don’t step in for today’s officials, who are growing older.
The Jackson County Environmental Health Division inspects sites where food is served outside independence and Kansas City. Recent inspection results in Grain Valley include: Country Oak Village: 101 Cross Creek Dr., inspected Jan. 7.
BOURBON, Mo. – The family of a Black Missouri man killed by his neighbor has called for the resignation of the county coroner over his handling of the case as well as his social media posts that they describe as racist.