Last week's fire in the Independence house where a body was found Wednesday that police believe was suspected highway shooter Oscar Sanchez-Munoz was set in a first-floor bedroom, the Missouri ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - Monday night, crews with the Independence Fire Department were on the scene of a house explosion. It was the Kansas City metro area’s second such incident within a week. The ...

Lysetta Hurge-Putnam is looking back these days, remembering when she arrived at Independence House. It was 25 years ago. She was the newly hired executive director for the Hyannis agency that helps ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Several pets were killed in a house fire Wednesday morning in Independence, Missouri. At 7:53 a.m., the Independence Fire Department said crews responded to the fire near South ...

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