The Independence, Kansas school district is mourning the loss of Whitney Woodward, a social studies teacher at Independence ...

The Independence City Council passed billions in tax breaks for Nebius, which will break ground on a 400-acre data center ...

Ahead of a vote on billions in tax breaks for a proposed AI data center, residents have questioned the massive site’s ...

Riverside Park and Ralph Mitchell Zoo in Independence, Kansas, was once the home to the legendary monkey Miss Able, who, in 1959, became the first animal to go to space and return alive. The city's ...

An Independence data center project could get as much $6.6 billion in incentives. Some residents are mobilizing on a ...

The residents of Bly Road in Independence worry that a proposed 400-acre AI data center down the street will end their quiet way of life.

INDEPENDENCE, Kans. — The Independence Fire Department responded to a house fire caused by an exercise ball that rolled onto a floor furnace on Wednesday. Firefighters were called to a possible ...

MONTHLY DECLINE IN A ROW. ONE OF KANSAS CITY’S OLDEST CLOCK SHOPS HAS MOVED FROM BROOKSIDE TO INDEPENDENCE. KMBC NINE S RACHEL RIPP EXPLAINS WHY AND SHOWS US THE HISTORY OF THE SHOP. WE’RE OUT HERE IN ...