Ameren Missouri chairman and president Mark Birk called the updated plan "an acceleration of things that we would’ve done in the future," in an interview Friday.

One man has been charged after he allegedly shot an individual unprovoked in the driveway of an Independence home.

Willard Police Department is warning people in the area to be cautious and lock their car doors after it’s seen an increase in vehicle break-ins over the last month.

An investigation has begun after an Independence police officer was involved in a fatal shooting Thursday night.