Independence

Independence police are investigating the death of a person outside a convenience store.

I went to visit my dear friends Andrea "Moonbeam" Schnetzler and Darrell "Oats" Tindal that I met on a cross country road rally last year. They have a wonderful booth in the Agriculture Building at The Missouri State Fair. Their company's names are The Berry Nutty Farm and  Granola Jones which they purchased in 2013 where they came up with a couple of their own granola flavors.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — An Independence woman has been arrested after authorities say she solicited a hit man to kill her former son-in-law over a custody dispute involving her grandchildren. According to court documents, 61-year-old Teresa Owen appeared in federal court Wednesday and was ordered to be held in custody without bond...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Officials say a substitute teacher won't be allowed backed into an Independence district classroom until an investigation into accusations he hit several third-graders finishes. District spokeswoman Jana Corrie says the substitute teacher was asked to leave after allegations surfaced at Spring Branch Elementary last week...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Two men are charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a third person during a break-in at a home in Independence. Police say the three were breaking into the home late Friday when the homeowner discovered them and shots were fired...

Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the owner of an Independence, Mo., business has pleaded guilty in federal court to failing to report business income on her federal income tax return...

Here's a look at what's coming up in our area this weekend.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — An Independence man was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing a statue from a museum and trying to sell it for scrap.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A man and woman will serve time in federal prison after a racially motivated arson attempt on a black family's home in Independence.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Independence, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for an investment fraud scheme in which he stole $724,000 from 13 victims.