Have you ever felt like you’re supposed to be learning a lesson but don’t know what it is? I know that feeling in a way that I hope I will never forget. Not once but twice in a single month, the power went out at our home.

Last Saturday was the 9th annual Love Independence Day and, despite the threat of severe storms (which proved true!) later in the afternoon, a number of Independence residents got out early and showed their love around town. With the threat looming over them, groups such as the Lions Club and Riverside Park and Ralph Mitchell Zoo decided to postpone their random acts of kindness for another, dryer day.

Kansas football landed its first spring transfer portal commitment on Thursday. And it’s a big one.

Kansas City Royals pitcher Kyle Wright sat at his locker. A few minutes prior, he had just finished working out and needed a second to collect his thoughts.

The starting field for the NASCAR Cup AdventHealth 400 will include nine drivers who have won cup races at Kansas Speedway. That group is led by Denny Hamlin, who won last year’s spring event, giving him a track-record four victories in the first 23 years of the 1.5mile tri-oval.

Kansas City Royals veterans Salvador Perez and Seth Lugo received a special honor on Friday afternoon. Both players received monthly awards for their strong start to the 2024 season.

After both sides earned Game 1 victories at Chanute on Tuesday, April 30, play in Game 2 had to be suspended due to weather for both the Independence High School softball and baseball teams. KSHSAA officials decided to call the games as completed as each had gone five full innings prior to the stoppage. That was good news for the Lady Bulldogs in a 14-9 win, but the IHS boys were denied a chance to mount a comeback in a 3-2 defeat.

a Kansas Jayhawks freshman guard Johnny Furphy declared for the NBA Draft on April 16. It was a decision that he’d pondered for a while.