Residents of the Independence Ridge Apartments continued to pick up the pieces Thursday, a day after a fire tore through a building, leaving a family of four dead.

The Independence community is stepping in to help the 32 families displaced by a deadly fire at Indy Ridge Apartments.

Two children ages 3 and 8 and two adults were killed Wednesday when a fire swept through an apartment complex in freezing ...

A man was shot and killed inside a convenience store on the 4800 block of Independence Avenue just before 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Dozens of residents were left without a home after a fire at the Independence Ridge Apartments took over many units, destroying an entire building of the complex. Two ...

Four people were killed after a massive fire engulfed a Missouri apartment complex Wednesday. The fire started shortly after 6 a.m. at the Indy Ridge Apartments in Independence, east of Kansas City.

Striving for financial independence is part of a workshop in Joplin. It was held at the Economic Security Corporation’s Head Start building off North Main Street and is a new ...

GoFundMe made to help support the family of the four people killed in the Independence, Missouri, apartment fire.

"“Our crews were trying desperately to get up to the third floor, couldn’t do it,” Independence Fire Chief Jimmy Walker said.

An entire family, 32-year-old Devante McShann, 28-year-old Katelyn McShann, and their two young daughters, 8-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Aaliyah, were found dead after a fire ripped through a ...

"It's sad day for the community but we'll pull together," said Independence Fire Chief Mike Hall after a family of four is found dead in the rubble - among them children ages 8 and 3.