Images from the Class 5 District 5 girls volleyball championship match between No. 7-seeded Blue Springs South and No.

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Independence city staff will begin to move into a new municipal building before the end of the year, and City Council meetings might well be held there in the future, as well.

Friday’s regular season finale may have been the most important for the Grain Valley football team. That’s because with a win over Truman at Moody Murry Memorial Field, the Eagles would clinch the No.

Grain Valley junior starting pitcher Molly Jones has delivered in the clutch throughout this postseason. She needed to come through one more time in Saturday’s Class 5 softball state quarterfinal home ...

The Kansas City Comets are bringing back defender Stefan Mijatovic after acquiring him in a trade near the end of last season.

The Blue Springs South defense made sure the Jaguars would hold on to the No. 1 seed in Class 6 District 6.

Elected officials and others gathered Saturday to celebrate what they called a dream 18 years in the making – the renovation of the Independence Square.

The Blue Springs South volleyball team went into the district tournament leaving its 6-26 regular-season record in the dust.

The Kansas City Mavericks have vaulted into a tie atop the ECHL Mountain Division with a weekend sweep of the Allen Americans.

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