City of Blue Springs adds Juneteenth as official holiday
The city of Blue Springs, Missouri, has approved Juneteenth as an official paid holiday for city employees.
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The city of Blue Springs, Missouri, has approved Juneteenth as an official paid holiday for city employees.
Several organizations across the Kansas City area have announced closures and postponements ahead of inclement winter weather that is expected to arrive early Thursday morning.
Ann Benson is thought to be the lone Blue Springs representative in the Missouri Bicentennial Challenge, in which participants have run, jogged or walked 200 miles this summer.
A single father who served eight years in the U.S. Navy was left homeless and struggling to understand what was happening to him upon returning home in 2013. Thankfully, fellow veterans and Habitat for Humanity stepped up to help.
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net The Examiner Amazon will open a delivery center in the former Haldex building in eastern Blue Springs, the company and city announced Friday afternoon. A city spokesperson said Amazon has not released how many jobs the move will bring. According to a city release, the company plans to be operating in the space by the end of 2021 and will start hiring about two months before opening. The Amazon delivery center will be at 2400 N.E. Coronado Drive, just east of Adams Pointe Golf Club and south of Interstate 70. Haldex, a Swedish auto parts manufacturer, clos...