Kenneth KieserGoing Outdoors Hot summer days remind me of fishing on several rivers with John Routh, an old, retired Marine. He had survived the ...

Alaska should have been his home with freezing temperatures and unlimited opportunities to fetch frozen fish.

This is a favorite Ken Garten column from 2013. I have often said that in a court of law, a layperson unassisted ...

Ten years ago, when colleague Josh Ward fell gravely ill with a flesh-eating bacteria and was placed in a coma, Lee’s Summit ...

It started as a group of Independence women organizing a fundraiser brunch with decorated tables. A couple of years later, ...

Ryan Parker, the new activities director at Truman, is entering his role at the Independence high school with optimism and confidence.

Miami Dolphins linebacker Willie Gay Jr. (40) sings as he stretches during training camp at the Baptist Health Training Complex on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla.

There was no red carpet for UConn women’s basketball legend Diana Taurasi to walk at the entrance to her documentary premiere ...

Truman High School graduate Kayne Braxton was taking in the moment.

Man, in an NIL world, Mizzou’s Zion Young could have fun in Columbia, Missouri, with the famous scoop from his scoop-and-score touchdown – ice cream shops to dog waste cleanup to, heck, even the ...

A forward who signed with the American Hockey League’s Coachella Valley Firebirds but spent all of his rookie professional season with the ECHL’s Kansas City Mavericks last year is back. Landon ...

By Jeff Fox [email protected] Jackson County voters will go to the polls Tuesday, Sept. 30 to decide on a potential ...