Many years ago, I played on a traveling softball team. My job was to hit home runs and extra base hits, meaning swinging the bat hard every time up.

Blue Springs South football players celebrate their 35-7 win over rival Blue Springs by taking a team photo on the field.

Kellie Harper, back in her element. Missouri’s first-year women’s basketball coach spent Wednesday afternoon in familiar territory.

Ken Garten Legal perspectives Tomorrow we celebrate the life of one of my all time heroes. It was just more than 40 years ago, ...

Grain Valley freshman Evelynn Hay made quite a debut at the Suburban White Conference Championship cross country meet.

I’ve been tricked, and it’s not even Halloween yet.

The Englewood Theater in Independence has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, a key step toward ...

By Bill AlthausSpecial to The Examiner Jack’s back! And so are 13 of his teammates from last year’s Kansas City Mavericks ...

On Tuesday, Anna Cole’s Blue Springs High School softball team played at Truman, and the Patriots thumped them 8-3 to win the last game of the regular season. The script was turned Thursday night.

A former player has returned to the Kansas City Comets for what he calls “unfinished business.” ...

Grain Valley senior pitcher Riley Hodson wasn’t even aware what she was accomplishing.

Blue Springs South beat the weather and crosstown rival Blue Springs in a clean sweep at the Class 3 District 7 tennis ...