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A judge sentenced Steven B. Turner, Jr., of Higginsville, to serve a total of more than 120 years in prison. Turner pleaded ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Prosecutors charged a man with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a man in Independence.

An Independence man is facing murder charges following a fatal stabbing in Independence Friday, allegedly over a sweatshirt.

The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department said a bicyclist was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash at Independence ...

A family injured in a 2023 crash involving an Independence police officer is suing over the collision, saying the officer was negligent. Court records do not show the officer was cited for the crash.

The WorldAtlas website last month identified seven Kansas '"fairy-tale small towns" where visitors feel like they've stepped ...

An Independence man is now charged with felony driving while intoxicated (DWI) after a deadly crash. Jackson County ...

A vacant shopping center in Independence may get new life as a developer plans to anchor a revival on a Price Chopper ...

Officers with the Independence Police Department responded to a reported stabbing just after 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 19 ...

A pickup truck traveling west on Independence struck the bicyclist head-on, police said. The driver of the pickup truck reportedly fled in an unknown direction. The bicyclist was pronounced dead at ...