Independence News

Francis R. Carroll offered one astounding anecdote after another as he ushered a visitor around his U.S. Presidential Museum.

An Independence, Mo., woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today for violating the civil rights of an African-American family by setting fire to their residence, announced Roy L. Austin Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and Tammy Dickinson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District ... (more)

The former president's yacht, the USS Williamsburg, has had one tow line in the grave for 20 years, about as long as it has been deteriorating at a shipyard in northern Italy.

Brooke Parton from Truman High School in Independence became the newest Lady Pirate this week, signing a national letter of intent to join the North Central Missouri College women's basketball program.

The Government Employees Health Association Inc. has contracted to buy the 90,000-square-foot Landmark Office Building in Independence, one of the largest Class A buildings in Eastern Jackson County.

Two local police departments honored officers killed in the line of duty. Friday afternoon, Independence and Sugar Creek police held a memorial in the front of the Independence Police Department.

Warm weather has finally made it to the Kansas City area. Flowers are in bloom. Trees are filling out in green splendor.

A 35-year-old Independence man has been charged in connection with the deadly shooting of Charles Dunnington, the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office said.

Plans are underway for the Independence Avenue Community Improvement District to begin, and Rebecca Koop has been busy starting said plans.

It was a case that shocked the metro a 10-year-old girl found locked in a closed, weighing only 32 pounds.

A Kansas City couple was taken into custody Wednesday on charges that they confined a 9-year-old girl in a basement with a sewage leak, failed to seek treatment for her severe infections and only allowed her to go to the bathroom outdoors.

A Blue Summit couple allegedly locked a 9-year-old girl in their basement and refused her bathroom privileges - forcing her to retreat outside when nature called, according to documents released Wednesday.

Five years ago, Nick Moeder and his friends counted themselves lucky. In the dark heart of the Great Recession, they were starting college rather than trying to start a career.

Actually, I'd guess that most Hot Air readers know most of John Eastman's lesson for Prager University on the history of religion and liberty in the US.

The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial has tapped Matthew Naylor as its new president and CEO.

Two Green Ridge, Mo., residents were killed and two were seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident Sunday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

There is only one thing a journalist likes more than being able to prove he was correct after being accused of making an error.

Jackson County Insiders reveal that most of the complaints are centered in Hyde Park and Midtown where assessments were completely out of whack .

Yes, yes, we know that you'll probably be hanging out with the female parental unit on Sunday, Mother's Day.

Keith Donald Stoldt, 59, of Cowlesvilel, NY waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Fernando J. Gaitan to a federal information that charges him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and contraband cigarette trafficking.