A father told KSHB 41 reporter Fernanda Silva Monday he can forgive the drunk driver who killed his daughter in a December ...

Councilmembers are weighing a change to the city code that would criminalize public marijuana use more harshly.

Independence City Council members are pushing to further regulate the use of recreational marijuana in public places.

While recreational marijuana use is legal in the state the Missouri Constitution allows cities and counties to regulate when ...

A mural at Independence Square shows Independence's origins as a trail head for westward travel. The city of Independence, Missouri was famously the starting point for the Santa Fe, California and ...

Missouri Sen. Joe Nicola proposes cutting Independence School Board terms from 6 to 3 years to match other districts ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Missouri school board has voted to move its school district to a four-day school week. The below message was posted on the school district's website Tuesday night: "The ...

One person was killed, and three others were seriously injured, after a Saturday night crash that shut down part of MO-291 ...

One of the Ford’s passengers died at the scene. She was identified as 36-year-old Jennifer Jensen of Kansas City, Missouri.

A 17-year-old male from Oak Grove, Missouri, was pronounced dead after being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 70 Thursday ...