The lives and lived experience of two women who won their independence from enslavement, and bore witness to history, were shared Feb. 6 at the Phelps County Courthouse.

Seven descendants of former U.S. presidents will speak in front of a live audience at the Harry S. Truman White House in Key ...

The DeKalb County Historical Society (DCHS) will be offering a new series of live presentations beginning Saturday, February ...

When we fire up the grill on the Fourth of July, few of us take time to consider what “independence” is all about. We live in the land of liberty. We celebrate freedom. But independence? The ...

Inside a classroom at William Southern Elementary in Independence, there is a team of first graders preparing for Super Bowl ...

An American woman who was tried in three killings before disappearing from a prison in Mexico more than 50 years ago has died ...

That and a series of films are part of honoring Black History Month at the state historical society. Curator Joan Stack speaks with Ashley Byrd.

Sharon Kinne’s killing streak started in Independence, Missouri, then in Mexico, before she died from natural causes in Canada.

Sharon Kinne, who fled Kansas City in 1964 after being acquitted of two murders, was the subject of one of the longest outstanding murder warrants in the area. She was convicted of another murder in ...

Fifty-five years after Missouri murderer Sharon Kinne escaped from a Mexican prison, American authorities confirm the ...

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