What: Children’s Performing Theatre of Independence presents the children’s musical “Willy Wonka Jr.” by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley and Timothy McDonald, adapted from the classic Roald Dahl book (1964), directed by Sandy Dempsey and Dara Day and performed by special arrangement with Music Theatre International. Where: Powerhouse Theatre at Sermon Community Center, 201 N.
Brent Schondelmeyer says people’s faces light up at the very suggestion – bringing the Englewood Theater in western Independence back to life.
While Eastern Jackson County school districts say they have not experienced any visits from federal immigration agents, the national discussion about such visits has led to some questions from staff or families.
Love is in the air. Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be about a person.
The last three times Jan Kraybill’s long-running annual Super Bowl Sunday organ concert took place in front of a live audience, the Chiefs won later that day.
One by one, members of the Grain Valley High School boys basketball team exited their locker room, following a hard-fought 76-68 conference victory over the visiting Raytown Blue Jays. And it seemed fitting that the biggest man, with the biggest smile, was 6-foot-6 center Sam Pendergrass, who had a monster game in the paint.
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.
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.
Sharon Kinne was “really good at what she did; she hid really well,” says Sgt. Dustin Love of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
Ignacio Flores and the Kansas City Comets literally saved the best for last Thursday night.