Independence bar owner, customers appreciate relaxed COVID-19 guidelines Independence enacts relaxed COVID-19 emergency guidelines and last updated 2020-12-12 00:04:53-05 INDEPENDENCE, Mo. â After the state of Missouri recognized its municipal health department again, the city of Independence broke from the Jackson County Health Department's emergency COVID-19 guidance, enacting its own Restaurants, bars and taverns in Independence are allowed to remain open until midnight instead of having to close at 10 p.m., which is the curfew in place for Kansas City, Missouri, and the rest of eastern Jackson County. Management at Score Sports Bar and Grill in Independence are excited to be able to stay open an additional two hours.