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Independence expects to see continued tight finances
While the city of Independence proposed budget of $413 million is an $18 million increase from 2023-24 and he says financial stability has improved in recent years, City Manager Zach Walker emphasizes that there are…
Entertainment
'Little Shop of Horrors' comes to the stage
What: City Theatre of Independence presents the popular musical “Little Shop of Horrors,” written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (1982), directed by Nino Casisi and produced by arrangement with Music Theatre International.
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Sports
Swingle’s stellar performance not enough to save St. Michael in soccer state semifinal
By Ben VessaSpecial to The Examiner FENTON, Mo. – Sophia Swingle sat in the bleachers at Soccer Park and watched her All-State sister Victoria lead St. Michael the Archangel Catholic to a Class 1 second-place…