Independence News

On the day she was born, the SMS Motke led several German warships into Hampton Roads, Va., to meet President Taft.

The male polar bear at the Kansas City Zoo is off exhibit and is being treated with gastrointestinal medication, officials said Tuesday.

Independence police say they want to question two men about the theft of the iconic statue outside the National Trails Museum.

An area school has become an eyesore for neighbors and now a councilwoman is asking for feedback on what should be the next step for the property.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Independence police are looking for the people who stole a 6-foot statue from the National Frontier Trails Museum during the weekend.

Prosecutors say a man was shot in the stomach on Saturday at a Springfield convenience store parking lot because an Independence man -- a stranger to the victim -- could not control his anger.

Are you interested in locally raised and prepared foods? Have you tried to find fresh food for your home and for eating out? Check out these local places to explore.

The column that asks, if a tree cries when yoiu cut it down., does it cry when it falls down? Michelle DeMarco, who was manning the big board for signatures at the Bridgetion Health Walk Saturday, works out three times a day.

The Kansas City area seems desperate for cash this weekend. Here's a look at today's local bank robbery spree and subsequent standoff reporting which might reveal that sometimes crime "spillover" splashes back.

Check the latest missive from SNAP citing the ongoing Catholic Church turmoil in the aftermath of a Kansas City sex scandal.

The accident, reported at about 6 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 between Little Blue Parkway and I-470 in Independence, involved two cars, authorities said.

It's no secret that drive-in theatres have been struggling. There are less than 370 left in the U.S. Kansas City, though, is the only city in the country to have three.

Police were called to a vacant lot behind the Fast Stop at Independence & Brighton this morning at around 6am on the call of an unresponsive individual in a homeless camp.

Meet, "Squeaky," a 2-year-old American bulldog mix who is becoming an internet sensation after learning how to escape from this shelter in Independence, Mo.

A Phoenix mom was arrested Sunday on suspicion of injected her 5-year-old daughter with methamphetamine and amphetamine, Tolleson police said.

Meet Squeaky. She's a 2-year-old American bulldog mix who lives in this animal shelter in Independence, Mo.

Many people use payday loan companies when they need money fast, but an Independence woman said a representative from a loan company threatened to have her sent to jail if she didn't pay up.

Squeaky the dog figured out how to open doors at her pet shelter in Independence, Mo.

Patrick Henry retired this spring as a Lincoln University professor - but it may be more of a "retirement" in name only.

Kansas City’s fountains are much like the neighbors you see but whose names you don’t know.