Many search out antique shops, garage sales or auctions when vintage fishing tackle is available. You can find some great deals, or you can throw your money away on junk.

Blue Springs South junior Ella Carmack described her most recent softball game as “something you would write up in a dream.” ...

With school districts across Eastern Jackson County starting school next week, many streets and sidewalks will be populated ...

In my last column I wrote about the issue of boarded-up houses in my neighborhood and other areas of the city. I mentioned that a friend and I regularly walk through the neighborhood and see the good, ...

If the United States is to deter a nuclear attack,” U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said in a 1967 speech in San Francisco, “it must possess an actual and a credible assured-destruction ...

I could see through his tough guy-walk as he came down the hall, sporting his ornery smile, curly brown hair and freckles. He was a student and my “YouthFriend.” ...

We can tell our loved ones that we care until we are blue in the face. The trick is to show it. Here are a… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close ...

By Mike Genet  [email protected] When President Truman announced the Japanese surrender in the early evening of Aug. 14, 1945, The Independence Examiner had first-hand representation… Login to c ...

By Bill Althaus  Special to The Examiner  Ty Williams is becoming an expert at packing a suitcase. Williams, who set the ...

By Jeff Fox [email protected] The metro area is under a heat advisory Friday and Saturday. The combination of heat and humidity – heat indices are… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for comp ...

By Mike Genet [email protected] Independence Chief of Police Adam Dustman, who has been on personal leave since late May, said he was stepping down as… Login to continue reading Login Sign ...