Michael Steinmeyer News Today

The Blue Springs School District placed a no-tax-increase new bond issue on the ballot Tuesday, while Independence voters will narrow the city-council field through two contested primaries.

Nick Brichacek of Schyler, Neb., put the finishing touch on the Wings Over the Prairie Festival on Saturday by winning the Worlds Championship Duck Calling Contest.

Independence City Council members vote not to hold a special election on repeal of city's pit bull ban

Independence City Council makes a key vote on the city employee health insurance plan, with a long-term solution still in the works.

NorthPoint plans to build about 20 warehouses on about 1,200 acres of farm and grassland

Records show that two Independence, Missouri, police employees reported working more than 1,000 hours of overtime in 2021, raising questions about safety and who's watching extra pay at City Hall.

Records show that two Independence police employees reported working more than 1,000 hours of overtime in 2021, raising questions about safety and who's watching extra pay at City Hall.

Concerns come as Independence police are the center of an investigation over potential misuse of overtime pay.

In early December, two members of the Independence City Council submitted a resolution to remove the solar panels from Rockwood Golf Club, records show.

A duck-loving time was had as thousands of visitors flocked to southeast Arkansas for the 86th World's Championship Duck Calling Contest and Wings Over the Prairie Festival, a Thanksgiving tradition held in Stuttgart that was canceled last year because of covid-19.