As our semiquincentennial year progresses, we can look back at 250 years ago this month and remember a brief but nonetheless ...

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 ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - The Independence School District announced Tuesday who it will appoint as its superintendent. Dr. Vickie Murillo, who has nearly 40 years of experience in education, will be ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The National Park Service began removing a slavery memorial at the President's House in Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon -- an exhibit that opened in 2010 and honored the lives of ...

How the justices rule in the case between President Trump and the Federal Reserve governor will affect the central bank’s ability to set policy without political interference. By Colby Smith Colby ...

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 ...

Independence High’s DJ McFadden will be the next head football coach at West Charlotte. McFadden, 36, has coached at Independence for five years, beginning in the 2021 season. He has produced five ...

(TNS) — As construction of new data centers continues to spike across the country, an AI data infrastructure company has purchased an industrial park in Independence with plans to build a multibillion ...

IN THE BEGINNING, no one paid all that much attention to it—and, if they did, they were not particularly impressed. Now scriptural, the Declaration of Independence’s most famous sentence—“We hold ...