INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Missouri school board has voted to move its school district to a four-day school week. The below message was posted on the school district's website Tuesday night: "The ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Missouri school board has voted to move its school district to a four-day school week. The below message was posted on the school district's website Tuesday night: ...

The Independence School District transitioned to a four-day week with the hope to attract and retain more teachers. Applications skyrocketed after it made the switch, but a new Missouri law may do ...

The Independence Police Department is investigating a shooting on the city's west side.Police were called to the area of E. Independence Avenue and S. Stark just off of Blue Ridge Boulevard Monday ...

The school district is trying to attract staff amid labor shortages. “We’re in a crisis in Missouri, and we’re in a crisis nationwide,” the superintendent said at a forum.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo — This is the first summer for the Independence School District after implementing a four-day school week. Superintendent Dale Herl said the shortened model has attracted an ...

Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick's office said the Independence School District audit was not prompted by citizen complaints, but selected because of its four-day school week and because ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Decisions from districts across our area regarding Wednesday’s school closing plans are coming into our FOX4 Newsroom, but one district on the Missouri side already made ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - Students in the Independence School District are headed back to the classroom on Monday, but it won’t be for long. After the Labor Day holiday, students will only go ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - The Independence School District (ISD) brought the community together for the 14th annual Project Shine event Saturday. More than 500 volunteers took a break from their ...

Independence honoring a famous citizen by rededicating a park and school named in his honor. Hiram Young was a former slave that became a free man and made a fortune as a wheelmaker in the 1800s ...

A 14-year-old girl with autism was raped for years in the home of a couple from Independence, Missouri. Paula K. Stark and Steven S. Nelson were charged on multiple felony counts.