
Missouri could be next to legalize marijuana
Call it “recreational,” “rec” or “adultuse” – Missouri could be the next state to legalize marijuana. In Kansas City and St.
Call it “recreational,” “rec” or “adultuse” – Missouri could be the next state to legalize marijuana. In Kansas City and St.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A former Missouri police chief who attacked a man who had tried to drown his infant daughter was sentenced Tuesday to five years of probation.
• Annie Dear’s column in Wednesday's paper, “A modest proposal or two for the bleak days,” was mislabeled and had the wrong columnist’s photo. • In regard to an article in Tuesday’s Examiner, “One wounded in shooting close to Independence school,” a spokesperson for the Independence School District said parents were not notified about the shooting in a neighboring residential area as it was about 30 minutes before the school day started and the school did not go on lockdown..
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Blue Springs police are searching for a man who reportedly has been impersonating a law enforcement officer. Police said they've received several reports over the past six months of a man usually wearing a traffic vest jacket when he makes traffic stops – always in the dark and generally in Blue Springs, Grain Valley and surrounding communities.
The staff at George Owens Nature Park, 1601 S. Speck Road, Independence, 816-325-7115, says a great number of pine cones have fallen from the eastern white pines this fall. The public is invited to pick up some cones for use in Christmas decorations.
Faced with more than a year’s delay from the state social services department on implementing extended mental health care for new moms, a bipartisan effort now aims to expand healthcare coverage more broadly for low-income pregnant women.
To expand its recruiting and training efforts, the Independence Police Department will partner with Metropolitan Community College-Blue River in addition to the Kansas City Regional Police Academy. While the City Council and voters have recently approved measures to steer some additional funds toward police personnel and equipment – including recruiting incentives, retention bonuses and pay raises – acting Chief of Police Ken Jarnagin said this is a move made almost independent of that support.
Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said that while two doses may not be strong enough to prevent infection, lab tests showed a booster increased by 25-fold people’s levels of antibodies capable of fighting off omicron.
Across the country, Americans may see lower gas prices at the pump in 2022. On Tuesday, the U.S.