Independence News

Alex A. Gilbert, 24, of Independence, Kansas, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his daughter Brenlee A father is accused of murdering his 10-week-old daughter and giving his girlfriend two black eyes because he was angry about being left alone with her, it emerged today.

Cessna's first production Turbo Skylane JT-A, running behind a Jet-A fueled diesel engine Tuesday flew for 2.3 hours, the company announced Wednesday.

On May 3, 1973, Chicago's 110-story Sears Tower was topped out after two years of construction, becoming the world's tallest building for the next 25 years.

With four consecutive Broadway hits, a Pulitzer Prize, and an Oscar, William Inge was one of the top dramatists of the mid-20th century.

While Cation shared his childhood memories about taking the train from Humbolt to Ottawa to visit his aunt and uncle during the dedication Sunday of a 1942 Santa Fe Railroad caboose on the grounds of the Old Depot Museum, 135 W. Tecumseh St., Ottawa, local economic leaders talked Monday about the potential for the railroad's resurgence in Ottawa ... (more)

One of the accidents involving a passenger car and three semi-trailers occurred at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday on US-169 highway, about three miles north of Colony in Anderson County.