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.

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

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

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

By Mike Genet  [email protected] Due to railroad-induced delays, the city of Independence says repairs to the Crysler ...

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, ...

By Mike Genet [email protected] Lisa Reynolds will be Independence’s interim city manager. Reynolds, who has served as deputy city manager for a year in… Login to continue reading Login ...

Wide receiver Rashee Rice will apparently be available to play for the Kansas City Chiefs for at least the first four weeks ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...