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Ex-La.Tech great Willie Roaf hears Canton's call - Shreveport Times


Ex-La.Tech great Willie Roaf hears Canton's call
Shreveport Times
Roaf played for the New Orleans Saints from 1993-2001 and then for the Kansas City Chiefs form 2002-05. He was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team for both the 1990s and 2000s. A first-round pick (eighth pick overall) by the Saints in the 1993 draft, ...

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Archers without limits - Kansas City Star


Kansas City Star
Archers without limits
Kansas City Star
“These guys are amazing,” said Henry Houk, president of the Independence Bow Hunters, which put on the Kansas City Shootout in which Stutzman and Lear competed last month at the Parkville Athletic Complex. “They have disabilities, but they don't let ...

Letters | Sunday, Feb. 5 - Kansas City Star


Letters | Sunday, Feb. 5
Kansas City Star
It was just a couple of years ago the Independence district fought and won in court to take over some of the schools that physically sat within the boundaries of Independence but were part of the Kansas City district. Taking those schools included all ...

Statewide project encourages middle school students to locate graves of Civil ... - The Republic


Statewide project encourages middle school students to locate graves of Civil ...
The Republic
Schmidt is a descendant of Peter Schmidt, who served in the Civil War and then settled in the Independence area. Kansas was known at the time as the Soldier State because so many veterans homesteaded in the state, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported ...
Project lets students find Civil War gravesKSN-TV

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Independence set to participate in ShakeOut - Blue Springs Examiner


Independence set to participate in ShakeOut
Blue Springs Examiner
Whether the Kansas City area would feel more than tremors or suffer more than light damage is unclear, but officials say massive numbers of people fleeing stricken areas would come here, and that is the focus of their planning.

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Trial judge upholds new state congressional map - Blue Springs Examiner


Trial judge upholds new state congressional map
Blue Springs Examiner
One of the districts in dispute has been the 5th, which includes most of Independence and most of Kansas City, as well as Sugar Creek, Raytown and Lee's Summit. It's represented by the US Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, a Democrat from Kansas City.

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Fort Scott boys get by Chanute, 68-55 - Fort Scott Tribune


Fort Scott boys get by Chanute, 68-55
Fort Scott Tribune
Stark scored 17 points for the Tigers in a 68-55 Southeast Kansas League victory. FORT SCOTT -- Proving that there are no easy games in the Southeast Kansas League, Chanute, winners of just two games this season coming into Friday night's contest, ...

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BUY PHOTOS & PAGES - Tulsa World (blog)


BUY PHOTOS & PAGES
Tulsa World (blog)
Metro: Barnsdall at Copan; Bristow at Berryhill; Caney Valley at Salina; CHEF at Wright Christian; Chouteau at Kansas; Cl. Christian at Wesleyan Christian; Coweta at Fort Gibson; Dove Science at Eagle Point; Frontier at Summit Christian; ...

Man sentenced to three years in Blair Shanahan Lane death - Blue Springs Examiner


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Man sentenced to three years in Blair Shanahan Lane death
Blue Springs Examiner
By Anonymous The Kansas City man who admitted to firing the gunshots that killed an Independence girl on the Fourth of July was sentenced to three years in prison. Aaron Sullivan, 50, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of 11-year-old ...
Gun owner sentenced to three years for gunplay that killed girlKansas City Star

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Independence, Missouri Woman Pleads Guilty to Vandalism and Arson of a Mobile Home - Kansas City infoZine


Independence, Missouri Woman Pleads Guilty to Vandalism and Arson of a Mobile Home
Kansas City infoZine
Washington, DC - infoZine - Teresa Witthar, 43, of Independence, Mo., pleaded guilty in US District Court in Kansas City to federal hate crime charges in connection with the vandalism and arson of a bi-racial man's mobile home in 2006.
MO Woman Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime Charges and Arson of a Mobile HomeLoanSafe
Mo. woman admits violating civil rights of man whose mobile home was ...The Republic

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Royals Announcer Gives Rotary Program - Trenton Republican Times


Royals Announcer Gives Rotary Program
Trenton Republican Times
Ryan Lefebvre, announcer for the Kansas City Royals, presented the program at Thursday's Trenton Rotary Club meeting. John Anthony was the program chairman. Lefebvre has been with the Royals for 14 years, coming to Kansas City from the Minnesota Twins.

Tom's Friday Sports Scripts - WTAW


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Tom's Friday Sports Scripts
WTAW
The Rudder Rangers are in a 9-team district 18-4A with powerhouse Brenham, along with Caney Creek, Huntsville, Magnolia, Magnolia West, Montgomery, Waller and Wallis. The new College Station High School will open next Summer and will play a Varsity UIL ...

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