2025 EJC High School Girls Soccer Preview: Local teams look to repeat success in ’25
Several Eastern Jackson County high school girls soccer squads enter the 2025 season coming off winning records last year.
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Sale of Independence Towers on the table
The court-appointed manager of a troubled Independence apartment building asked the court this week to expedite the building’s sale. A hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday in Jackson County Circuit Court.
Independence firefighters save mother and baby
A mother and her 2-year-old son were in a hospital in critical condition after Independence firefighters rescued them from a house fire Monday morning.
Comets nab ‘important win’ over Milwaukee, snap three-game skid
Youth was served Friday at Cable Dahmer Arena where the Kansas City Comets placed an exclamation point at the end of a dramatic 9-6 victory over the rival Milwaukee Wave to end a three-game losing streak. With Rian Marques – who is among league leaders in goals and assists – on the sidelines with a lower body injury, Leo Acosta, Mikey Lenis and Henry Ramirez scored second-half goals, while Phillip Ejimadu stood tall in the net to pick up a needed victory.
Honors at last: A World War II veteran's service is not forgotten
Rose Shortino recalls that when her father, Vincent Michael Shortino, died in 1998 at the age of 74, it happened too suddenly, and she and her siblings didn’t realize at the time he could receive military honors at his funeral.
Ray-Pec ends season for Dallas Winda, 5 other Truman seniors
Coach Simon Morefield and the Truman High School boys basketball program said goodbye to Dallas Winda Friday night. Winda and five of his senior teammates played their final game for the Patriots as No.
Local police chiefs concerned about Missouri gun legislation, say it would impede law enforcement
The police chiefs of Blue Springs and Independence, among many law enforcement leaders around the state, say they have concerns about an attempt by some Missouri lawmakers to bring back the Second Amendment Preservation Act.
Shooter in I-70 road rage murder faces decades in prison
Independence police say a motorcyclist was badly injured in running into an SUV on Noland Road Saturday evening.
Twenty-five year sentence in double homicide in Blue Springs park
A teenager charged in the double-fatal shooting last April at a Blue Springs city park is to spend 25 years in prison.
Days Gone By: Still doing good deeds, objects in the night sky, a shot wide of the mark
From The Examiner during the week of Feb. 24-March 1, 1975: