Independence has hired a former prosecutor to examine potential overtime abuse in its police department. In 2020, an audit of a separate city department found weaknesses in timekeeping practices.
Missouri Democratic Rep. Rory Rowland received the most votes out of the six candidates in the mayoral primary. Rowland and incumbent mayor Eileen Weir will face off in the general election in April.
The line of questioning in a sworn deposition provides fresh details into an FBI probe that’s transfixed state and local politics ever since news of it surfaced in 2019.