Northeast News A week-long search for the man suspected of carrying out a series of shootings along Interstate 70 and Interstate 670 came to an unexpected end Wednesday afternoon (June 24), when ... Read More

Check the evening news blast at a site police had previously searched . . . "Police believe they have located suspected highway shooter Oscar Sanchez-Munoz dead inside his Independence home, according ... Read More

A teenager was killed after he allegedly ran from police across several lanes of traffic before he was struck by a vehicle, the Independence Police Department said. The Missouri State Highway Patrol ... Read More

Some area residents like the idea of fourth lanes on Interstate 70 in Independence, officials with the Missouri Department of Transportation say, but MoDOT still cannot promise such a project. Read More

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - The Independence Planning Commission voted 5-1 on Tuesday to approve plans for a Wally's. The mega travel center would be located north of Interstate 70 and east of Noland Road at ... Read More

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two crashes snarled traffic Thursday morning on Interstate 70 at 40 Highway in Independence. No serious injuries were reported. The independence police department says shortly ... Read More

St. Louis Police said Bryant left his ... He is believed to have gotten in his red 2018 Chevrolet Silverado with Missouri license plate 3ACY15 and headed west on Interstate 70 from Emma, Missouri. Read More

The two men were traveling west on Interstate 70 when their car went off the side of the road, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Read More

An Independence man was killed in a fiery crash that occurred Sunday morning on I-70. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 67-year-old Independence man was westbound on I-70 at the ... Read More

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lenexa man is charged with driving while intoxicated after a fatal wrong-way crash Tuesday in Independence. Javier Garcia-Arellano faces a class B felony: driving while ... Read More

The Independence Police Department is investigating after an officer's patrol car was hit during a routine accident investigation on Interstate 70 last weekend ... Read More

Fatal Independence Crash Claims One Life, Injures Another on I-70 Independence, MO (January 4, 2025) On Thursday evening, 39-year-old Crystal ... Read More

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A 39-year-old woman died Thursday night when her car struck the back of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 in Independence. Police said the crash happened just after 8 p.m ... Read More

One person is dead and an Independence, Missouri, police officer was seriously injured in a wrong-way crash that started as a traffic stop early Friday. A spokesperson for the Independence Police ... Read More

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Incident leads to crash on I-70 A vehicle speeding away from Independence police Wednesday night hit two other vehicles. According to police, the incident happened' ... Read More

By The Examiner staff An Oak Grove man died early Wednesday after his car crashed on Interstate 70 in Blue Springs. Timothy O'Brien, 57, died after the single-car crash that happened about 6:40 a.m., ... Read More

An Independence woman died after she was struck by a vehicle Saturday night on Interstate 70 near Adams Dairy Parkway in Blue Springs, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP). Read More

One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash on I-70 in Independence overnight. She has been identified as a KCMO resident ... Read More

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - A Blue Springs man is being remembered as a Good Samaritan by his family after he died helping passengers in a overturned SUV . It happened about 2 a.m. Monday when a Chevrolet ... Read More

One vehicle involved was reported stolen prior to the crashPublished |Updated Jenna SundelA motorist trying to assist after a crash was fatally hit by another car in Missouri on Monday, according to a ... Read More

Two people are dead after a crash involving two cars near eastbound Interstate 70 and Interstate 470 in Independence ... Read More

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Two people are dead after a crash involving two cars near eastbound Interstate 70 and Interstate 470. Around 2 a.m. Monday, a Chevrolet Equinox was traveling eastbound on I-70 and ... Read More