Among the consequences of the rise and fall of empires in the last couple of centuries has been the formation, in the territories they formerly governed, of the political entities we call nations; ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Independence School District announced they’ve filled the district’s vacant superintendent position after an extensive search. Dr. Vickie Murillo was announced as the new ...

Eighth-grade teacher Caleb Pitts greets his students on the first day of school at Nowlin Middle School in Independence in 2022, the last year before the district switched to a four-day week. Emily ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Independence School District Board of Education announced Tuesday they selected Dr. Vickie Murillo to serve as superintendent beginning July 1, according to a news release from ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appears to be looking at three designs as options for a new arch he's planning for the National Mall in Washington DC. Trump, in a Jan. 23 post on Truth Social, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Some rivalries fizzle and fade. Others become ordinary and predictable. The boys wrestling rivalry ...

European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen dramatically called for “permanent” independence from the US and vowed to be “unflinching” in the face of President Trump’s pressure campaign ...

Last week there was a lot of excited talk about Republicans beginning to liberate themselves from the complete servitude to Donald Trump that they exhibited throughout 2025. This week? Not so much. On ...

Theatre in Papua New Guinea has always been more than entertainment — it is a space where communities gather to reflect, teach and engage. Rooted in Indigenous storytelling traditions, performances ...

President Donald Trump called Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell either "incompetent" or "crooked." "That jerk will be gone soon," Trump said of Powell later in the day. The latest attack came as ...

Jan. 7 is National Bobblehead Day, and what better day in 2026 to debut an America 250-inspired bobblehead? That was part of the thought process for the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in ...

BEEN RELEASED AS RELATIVES ARE STILL BEING TOLD. FIRST, AN INDEPENDENCE POLICE CHASE ON NEW YEAR’S EVE ENDS IN A MULTI-VEHICLE WRECK, LEAVING FOUR PEOPLE HURT AND ONE PERSON IS NOW DEAD. AND NOW THE ...