Opinion

Ken Garten: What ever happened to the country lawyer?

Among the many challenges facing rural Missouri is a shortage of lawyers. A number of areas are underserved outstate. Take my old home town of Trenton, Missouri, in beautiful Grundy County. Or, as some describe…

Lifestyle

Community calendar

Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to jeff.fox@examiner.net or sent to The Examiner, 12012 East U.S. 40, Independence, Mo., 64055. SATURDAY Blue Springs farmers market: 7 a.m. noon, American Legion, 499 S. Missouri…

News

Final chapter for a Sugar Creek parish

By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net The stories could well be echoed among many Sugar Creek residents, and former ones who live nearby. Their grandparents or great-grandparents helped build St. Cyril Catholic Church – both the building…

Entertainment

Ginger Rogers costumes on display

By The Examiner staff A Ginger Rogers costume exhibit is on display through August at the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia. Marge Padgitt, who founded the recent Owen-Rogers Museum in Independence in the Hollywood star’s childhood home, and Rogers’ personal assistant Roberta Olden donated a large collection of Rogers’ dresses to the State…

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Sports

Fort Osage names Zach Dudley as new AD

By Karl Zinke karl.zinke@examiner.net Fort Osage High School stayed in-house to hire its new activities director. Fort Osage graduate Zach Dudley, who is currently an assistant principal at the high school, will take over as…

Opinion

Ken Garten: What ever happened to the country lawyer?

Among the many challenges facing rural Missouri is a shortage of lawyers. A number of areas are underserved outstate. Take my old home town of Trenton, Missouri, in beautiful Grundy County. Or, as some describe…

Lifestyle

Community calendar

Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to jeff.fox@examiner.net or sent to The Examiner, 12012 East U.S. 40, Independence, Mo., 64055. SATURDAY Blue Springs farmers market: 7 a.m. noon, American Legion, 499 S. Missouri…