Veteran reliever Carlos Hernández was signing the papers to close on a new home in Miami — his first as a homeowner — when he ...

In his ongoing war on "woke," President Donald Trump has instructed the National Park Service to scrub any language he would ...

What: Blue Springs City Theatre presents the award-winning musical “School of Rock,” based on the movie by Mike White, by Julian Fellowes, Glenn Slater and new music by Andrew Lloyd Webber (2015), ...

The drumline from Ruskin High School played a series of cadences to open Thursday’s fourth annual Juneteenth Celebration at Independence Uptown Market on the Square. Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa ...

That old Pixar magic, once one of the most bankable commodities in Hollywood, is in short supply in “Elio,” a run-of-the-mill animated tale about overcoming loneliness and alienation.

Violent crime was already trending down from a COVID-era spike when President Donald Trump presented a picture of unbridled crime in America on the campaign trail in 2024.

Former Blue Springs High School baseball star Cole Gibler is experiencing the College World Series as a true freshman.

When the owners of a local clock shop recently were forced out of their longtime lease in Kansas City’s Brookside neighborhood, they knew what was at stake in quickly finding a new business home.

Independence FireFest organizers say this year’s annual event Saturday outside Cable Dahmer Arena will have representation ...

On the subject of abortion, men and women have never been more divided, according to new polling.

When Juan Thornhill arrived in Cleveland two years ago, he’d established a reputation as a reliable, gregarious, playmaking safety who'd long been a starter for the NFL's best team.

The epiphany of common sense came late in an otherwise tedious congressional subcommittee hearing, and from a Democrat, Representative Jim Costa. He gets that Republicans and the administration of ...