Brothers Tyler and Tristan Hoyt are playing organized high school volleyball for the first time in their careers this season. Before this season, the duo played sand volleyball in recreational leagues ...

THURSDAY, MAY 1 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 4:30 p.m. — Fort Osage at Lee’s ...

Sometimes local community successes take a long time and don’t arrive with a lot of drama or acclaim. For years there was a medical ...

What: Encore Theatre of Independence presents the murder mystery play “Rehearsal For Murder,” adapted by D.D. Brooke from the television play by Richard Levinson and William Link (1982), directed by ...

By The Examiner staff The Spring Parade of Homes has opened and runs through May 11. It includes 296 homes across six ...

Harry Truman’s 141st birthday is May 8, but there will be some events and activities in Independence this weekend beforehand to celebrate the birthday of the 33rd president.

As a child, shows like "The Jetsons" and movies like "Back to the Future II" sparked my imagination about what the future might hold. Live video calls, virtual reality and machines powered by ...

A Jackson County judge has approved the sale of a long-troubled Independence apartment building to a suburban Chicago-based ...

Moments after his Kansas City Mavericks blanked the Tulsa Oilers 4-0 Monday night at Cable Dahmer Arena, head coach and general manager Tad O’Had walked off the ice and gave team president Mike Cukyne ...

Independence police arrested an 18-year-old man Sunday as they continue to investigate a shooting Saturday afternoon that seriously injured a 14-year-old boy.

By Michael Smith Special to The Examiner Grain Valley junior Jayden Moehle didn’t start wrestling until she was in eighth grade. She was swimming ...

For LaToya Toukourou, learning piano as an adult novice is a bit of serenity.