Independence

The actress, dancer, and singer was born in a home in Independence. This year, it went on the market and sold for $111,500.

Independence duo Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear release their most intimate music yet on Started with a Family.

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There’s no other way to describe the Vaile Mansion during the holiday season. Each year, the Victorian Society—a volunteer group dedicated to the mansion’s preservation—selects a Christmas theme and begins to deck the halls of this historic Second Empire-style home.