Days Gone By: Adding to a school, outlawing places for ‘lawless characters’
From The Examiner during the week of Jan. 27 to Feb. 1, 1975:
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Read MoreDays Gone By: Adding to a school, outlawing places for ‘lawless characters’
‘A new start in life’: Independence man bounces back from addiction, prison to contribute
From falling off the wagon after more than a dozen years of sobriety from drugs, spending time in prison and then living homeless with his teenage son, Quincy Michael says he’s lucky and blessed.
Independence Square streetscape project remains unresolved
The city of Independence remains poised to start on long-planned improvements around the Square and has been trying for months to obtain some consent from Jackson County to fully complete that project.
‘She hid really well’: Sharon Kinne’s mysterious life revealed after 1960 murder of her husband
Sharon Kinne was “really good at what she did; she hid really well,” says Sgt. Dustin Love of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
Community calendar for Feb. 1-4
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Missouri courts near the end of marijuana expungement review
Missouri courts have expunged more than 140,000 marijuana cases since voters approved the 2022 constitution amendment to legalize recreational cannabis.
Missouri vehicle license fees could rise to keep independent offices open
A trip to the motor vehicle license station in Missouri soon could get more expensive.
Army helicopter's altitude seen as factor in DC crash probe
The flight path of an Army helicopter before it collided with an American Airlines Group Inc. passenger jet this week above Washington is emerging as a key line of inquiry in the probe of the midair tragedy that killed 67 people.
Missouri supplemental budget shows shortfall in Medicaid, education funding
Keeping Missouri state government operating through June 30 will cost $2.1 billion more than lawmakers budgeted last year thanks to lowballed spending estimates, sluggish lottery sales and new programs in education and other areas.
New administration means bigger payday for some top Missouri officials
A handful of Gov. Mike Kehoe’s cabinet members are getting double-digit raises as he launches his four-year term in the office.