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this WEEK'S STORIes, june 12, 2026

Pictured: A photo of the Independence Civic Center on a sunny morning yesterday.

A new city ordinance that would add nearly $20 to monthly utility bills for "community services" was delayed from going into effect for 10 days by City Councilor Dawn Roden, who voted against the resolution at Tuesday's city council meeting. ...Continued

Pictured: A recent CHS graduate (left) testifies to school board; Inset is a current student testifying.

The Central School District will examine several ways to pay for school-based mental health services threatened by recent budget cuts, including reducing the school year by putting in one or more furlough days. ...Continued

Pictured: Insects fill the air on the river path north of Ash Creek (Photo: Susan Graham); Inset: historic reference.

They're speedy wing-beaters with an aerial mating dance that forms clouds – that's how a historic science publication describes gnats and midges. ...Continued

last WEEK'S STORIes, june 5, 2026

Pictured: Members of the Central School District budget committee, which includes school board members and residents.

Parents, teachers and students in Central School District who called for revising the proposed budget clinched a victory Monday night by convincing committee members to preserve school-based mental health services that were scheduled to be cut. ...Continued

Pictured: Parents & students at recent gathering; inset: valedictorian, salutatorian list.

For the class of 2026 at Central High School, the journey to a diploma has been marked by changes no one saw coming, from the state mandate for remote learning during middle school in the pandemic to ...Continued

Pictured: Band After Midnight recreates ABBA music (submitted photo).

My introduction to tribute bands went something like this: It’s a hot summer night four years ago and I’m weaving through the crowd at Riverview Park, camera in hand....Continued

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