Independence voters on Tuesday defeated a new sales tax that would have increased the number of police officers patrolling the city.In final unofficial results, 60 percent of voters rejected the measure, which required a simple majority.The three-eighth-cent levy would have generated about $6 million a year and helped fund the hiring of 42 more ...
A gun club in eastern Jackson County needs a variety of improvements before it can be considered safe enough to operate, a consultant has told county officials.The Lake Lotawana Sportsmens Club should install new physical barriers to keep rifle and pistol rounds from leaving the range, which recently was the subject of complaints from neighbors.
Fearful that a controversial former chief of police was about to get his job back, a handful of Lake Lotawana residents pleaded with the board of aldermen to retain the current chief, Jeff Rogers, at a meeting last week.
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