THE DECADES-OLD TREE AT PLEASANT AND WALNUT IN INDEPENDENCE WAS DISEASED AND HAD TO COME DOWN. THE MAN HIRED TO DO THAT WAS CHOPPING UP LEFTOVER PIECES WHEN THIS FELL OUT, A CIVIL WAR CANNONBALL. >> ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — After crews found a ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Independence is well known for its presidential pride, but eastern Jackson County was also a battlefield long ago. A tree is now unearthing a new piece of that history. A walnut ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A worker has found what’s believed to be a Civil War cannonball lodged in a Kansas City area tree that he was hired to take down. KMBC-TV reports the small cannonball fell out as ...