In a quick moment, Maria Pike lifted a large kitchen knife from the nightstand and moved toward an officer. Shots were fired.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Two men were injured in a shooting at Oval Springs Apartments in Independence, Missouri. Officers responded to the 16000 block of E. Larkspur Lane around 2:40 p.m. and found ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Jackson County prosecutors have charged a Blue Springs man in connection to a stabbing and two shootings Friday night in Independence that left one man dead and two others ...

Authorities have released the identity of a woman and her infant who were killed last week during an incident that led up to a shooting involving Independence, Missouri police.Blue Springs Police ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Popular breakfast restaurant The Big Biscuit announced its locations in Independence and Blue Springs will reopen. President Chad Offerdahl announced the growing restaurant ...

The city of Independence voted unanimously on Monday to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors, becoming the fifth city in the area to do so. A Blue Springs council member says he's ready to ...

An Independence woman was killed early Saturday morning after being hit by two cars while walking across Interstate 70 near Blue Springs, Missouri.

Police responded to a shooting at about 8:30 p.m. in the 21100 block of East 50th Terrace Drive South, north of Blue Springs Lake, according to a news release from the Independence Police Department.

Independence and Blue Springs, Missouri, rejected proposed bans on discredited anti-gay conversion therapy, while other cities have outlawed the practice.