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this 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

last WEEK'S STORIes, May 29, 2026

Pictured: City Manager Kenna West appears distracted during resident testimony by Doug Gray, while City Councilor Kathy Martin-Willis seems attentive. (Photo: City YouTube image)

Behavior by certain city officials was seen as disrespectful by some residents who spoke at the recent budget meeting or posted their views online – complaints that Trammart News took to Independence Mayor Kate Schwarzler and City Manager Kenna West after learning about them. ...Continued

Pictured: The Independence Water Report mailed recently to residents.

The Independence Water Quality Report for 2025 shows a good record of clean drinking water but two contaminants have been detected ...Continued

Pictured: The equipment for security checkpoint entrance at Polk County Courthouse.

This week, any visitor to the Polk County Courthouse will now go through a security checkpoint when entering the building – a screening ...Continued

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