Independence News

Independence school district Parent Educator Shannon Shelton, left, makes a visit to the home of Cathy Lee, holding her 6-month-old daughter Sadie , where Shelton worked with Max, 2 and Collin, 4, on a cooking project on Thursday November 5, 2009 in Independence, KS.

By Gwendolynne Larson Thursday, November 5, 2009 In the Veterans special section inserted into today's Gazette, Reporter Bobbi Mlynar catches up with some of the members of the U.S. Army Reserve's 1011th Supply and Service Company, which served for a year in Vietnam.

Ms. Sheila C. BairA grew up in Independence, Kansas, and opened her speech by saying that like most Kansans, she was raised to be honest and direct.

A Cessna Aircraft Company Citation Mustang that is being assembled in Independence, Kan.

Sheila Bair was born and raised in Independence, Kansas, and, boy, do her adversaries know it.

There Will Be Blood said in the Independence Forum:

!!!Opening night, Friday Night, Break a Leg!!

Authorities have linked a suspect nabbed after a southwest Missouri bank robbery to other heists in Missouri and Kansas.

Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. announces today the expansion of its Firm Storage Service and Firm Transportation Service.

The Department of Labor says Western Wats hired almost 1500 teens, including three 13-year olds, to work at call centers in seven states.

A Kansas oil companya TMs bankruptcy has made way for a new convenience store company that plans to launch a brand in Kansas City.

The festival kicks off with Like Heaven by Elaine Romero. Two sisters in Independence, Kan., have their lives shaken up by the arrival of Sapphire, a wild Californian, in this comedy of clashing cultures.

Arthur the aardvark travels to exotic Independence, KS. .

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department and Department of Corrections on Tuesday announced the layoff of five employees and revealed the total costs of jail inmate services that have yet to be reimbursed. From County Chronicle.

Jobless rates are still on the rise and Montgomery County, Kansas has the highest unemployment rate in the Four States.

Two women with Kansas ties have been named among the top 10 on Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women list.

Concern shown in lack of interest in summer conditioning programs and loss of seniors. "They were playing baseball or basketball or maybe they were playing tiddly winks," Boldra said. "I don't know what they played but they didn't play football."

Of all the days for that guy not to deliver my paper....

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel will be the Honoree Playwright for the 29th Annual William Inge Theatre Festival, which runs April 21-24, 2010, in Independence, KS.

Tues. Aug. 18, 8:30 am at Memorial Hall in Independence, Kansas

In a small Kansas town that inspired some of William Inge 's most melancholy characters, about two dozen never-before-performed plays are poised to become the found treasures of his collected works.