A professor from one of the Ivy League schools contacted me several years ago by phone to discuss an important matter. The ...

David Allie looks more like a proud father than the head coach of the Missouri squad for the Greater Kansas City Football ...

I didn't send the poem to 10 people within three hours, so bad luck was bestowed upon me. I'm not superstitious, but I did ...

To be nominated for a Blue Star Award after she played a dream role in her high school show, Supha Yates said, was thrilling ...

Foster Light helps ease burden of foster parents; Days Gone By: Students bused, ERA fails, chain gangs and a ‘circus’ Random route home leads man to rescue anothe ...

Driving home from work on the afternoon of May 2, David Laber happened to take a slightly different route to his home in Independence.

That is one of Blue Springs South High School baseball coach Ben Baier’s mantras.

President Trump’s friendship and political alliance with Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who fueled Trump’s campaign with ...

What: City Theatre of Independence presents the Tony-winning musical “The Drowsy Chaperone,” by Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Bob Martin and Don McKellar (1998), directed by Audrey Phillips and ...

Strawberry Festival at the Vaile Mansion, the largest fundraiser for the non-profit group that cares for the Victorian-era ...

It’s hard to believe U.S. trade policy could get any more confused and confusing, but somehow it has.

Every time you say to yourself something like “I’ll be happy when … I get married … land that job … get that car … lose this weight …” and so on, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.