Independence Missouri

A civil process server and an Independence Missouri police officer were shot and killed while trying to serve legal paperwork on Thursday, December 29, 2024.

A Missouri school board has voted to move its school district to a four-day school week.

This waterpark in Independence might be worth your drive. There is still a few more weeks of summer

A 17-year-old Missouri boy has been charged with pointing a gun at the head of a kneeling 13-year-old after a video of the incident was widely shared on social media.

Authorities say two people have drowned over the weekend in Missouri waterways.

A recent police chase in Independence that left four people dead occurred along the same street as a pursuit that killed a man four years ago.

A suburban Kansas City man has been found guilty of stabbing his wife to death as their three children hid in the house.

A former Independence city employee alleges in a lawsuit that she was subjected to several incidents of sexual harassment and assault.

Authorities say a 32-year-old man has been charged in the stabbing death of his former girlfriend, whose body was found in a wooded area in a park.

An Independence man faces a weapons charge in a deadly shooting that authorities say may have stemmed from an ongoing feud over a stolen vehicle.