Independence Missouri


About Independence

Independence is a city in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Missouri, and the fourth largest city in the state. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
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Missouri Bar recommends ouster of St. Louis judge
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Bar recommended Wednesday that voters oust a St. Louis County judge from the bench in the November election following a survey of attorneys who said she was not competent. The poor rating for Associate Circuit Judge Judy Draper marked just the third time The Missouri Bar has suggested a judge not be retained since voters adopted a nonpartisan system of ...

Carnahan comes to Independence
UCM's THRIVE program first of its kind in Missouri
Kansas City Officer Charged with Promoting Prostitution
MU professor attempts to prove the pursuit of happiness
In brief | Blind man beaten, robbed; storm damages sheltered workshop; search for body ends
MLS Headlines
MLS secure Adidas to improved sponsorship deal
MLS Major League Soccer ( MLS ) and Adidas have signed an eight-year sponsorship deal which will go into effect from 2011, reports euFootball.BIZ This new deal replaces an earlier 10-year deal of $150 million which started in 2005. An anonymous source said that the new arrangement is worth over $200 million. Adidas America president Patrik Nilsson said, "Both of us are feeling really good about ...

MLS Standoff
MLS teams need to play up designated players
MLS to feel the effects of national teams
Timbers Announce Alaska Airlines as Official Jersey Sponsor and Airline of MLS Club
Whitecaps FC Name Thordarson Inaugural MLS Head Coach
NHL Headlines
NHL wants givebacks to approve Kovalchuk's contract, others
The NHL has given the NHL Players Association an ultimatum regarding not only the contested, front-loaded, long-term contract between the Devils and Ilya Kovalchuk, but of similar contracts the league registered last summer between the Blackhawks and Marian Hossa, and between the Canucks and goaltender Roberto Luongo. The challenge, as...

NHL extends deadline on Kovalchuk deal to Friday
NHL extends deadline for deciding on Kovalchuk contract
NHL extends deadline on Kovalchuk deal
NHL extends Kovalchuk deadline to Friday
NHL gives Players Assn. ultimatum on Kovalchuk, Luongo, Hossa
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Independence Information

Dialing Information
International code: +1
Area Code(s): 816

Population: 113,288

Elevation: 1,033 ft / 315 m

Location
Latitude: 39.0922
Longitude: -94.4157

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