A waning delta variant summer surge gave way to a spike of cases in November, as infections and hospitalizations rose amid concerns about a new variant spreading out of South Africa. The omicron variant hasn’t been detected in Missouri, but public health officials are watching.
A thick blanket of fallen leaves completely covered the hikers’ feet on Turkey Ridge Trail in St. Louis County.
Former Gov. Eric Greitens' campaign allegedly violated Missouri law and an agreement with the Missouri Ethics Commission by spending money on his U.S. Senate campaign, a campaign finance watchdog said in a complaint filed Wednesday.
The Jackson County Environmental Health Division inspects sites where food is served outside independence and Kansas City. Recent inspection results in Blue Springs are as follows: First Watch: 1077 S.W.
JEFFERSON CITY – A Missouri state lawmaker resigned to take over as director of the state’s child services watchdog agency, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday.
WASHINGTON – A person in California who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant, the White House announced Wednesday as scientists continue to study the risks posed by the new virus strain.
BOSTON – Republican Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday he won’t seek a third term as governor of Massachusetts, where his party is bitterly split between supporters and foes of former President Donald Trump.
Children were able to visit Santa Claus after he arrived in the Santa Bus shortly after the lights went on. PHOTOS BY MIKE GENET/INDEPENDENCE EXAMINER Retired longtime city parks employee Randy Cooper, whom Mayor Carson Ross noted had helped set up the tree lighting ceremony for many years, was Ross' honorary guest to flip the big switch for the lights.
To win re-election next April, Independence's mayor and at-large City Council members will first have to go through primary elections. Six mayoral candidates and five council at-large candidates filed candidacy forms and the necessary signatures before last week's deadline to be on the ballot, including two-term Mayor Eileen Weir and incumbent council members Karen DeLuccie and Mike Huff.
A woman who allegedly shot a relative in the parking lot of a busy Independence restaurant Tuesday has turned herself in to police. Independence police say the suspect from Tuesday evening's shooting in the 54th Street Bar & Grill parking lot, which left one woman injured, turned herself in later Tuesday night.