The Blue Springs School District has proposed a new traffic and parking plan, including a bridge over the railroad tracks between the Blue Springs High School and Freshman Center campuses, to handle the influx of staff and about 600 students moving to the high school campus in a couple of years.
Comprehensive Mental Health Services will maintain its name and will have greater available resources for the community as part of a merger agreement. The boards of directors of Comprehensive and Burrell Behavioral Health, based in Springfield, Missouri, recently signed documents to finalize the merger.
Independence Rotary has selected Brennah Marie-Rose Guinn and Javier Ortiz-Merino as the Students of the Month for William Chrisman High School. Brennah has participated in many activities during high school, including the color guard, the dance team, the student council, photography club, debate, the Youth Advisory Council, the robotics team, the National Honor Society, and the ACE club.
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I went from early elementary school through high school with a boy named David. He was sometimes my friend – we started a club together in late elementary school – and he was sometimes my enemy – the club lasted one day. David enjoyed making fun of me, for he was a master of repartee and I enjoyed proving my physical superiority over him, for I was twice his size.
MAYFIELD, Ky. – After riding out the violent tornado that devastated their town in a tunnel under their church, the Rev. Wes Fowler and his family emerged to devastation stretching for blocks: Crackling power lines, piles of rubble and calls for help they couldn’t pinpoint in the darkness.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has all but acknowledged negotiations over his sweeping domestic policy package will likely push into the new year, as he does not have the votes in the Senate to lift the roughly $2 trillion bill to passage.
WASHINGTON – Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone says he has asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in an interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Angels come in all shapes and sizes. Just ask Blue Springs resident Andre' Taylor, who spent a part of his Thursday morning selecting gifts for his children at a Community Services League Christmas store at Blue Springs Assembly on Duncan Road.